Startup Issue with ARK: Survival Ascended - Trying to start ASA with mods but keeping getting error

System Information

Field Value
Operating System Windows - Windows Server 2022 on x86_64
Product AMP ‘Phobos’ v2.6.4.0 (Mainline)
Virtualization Xen
Application ARK: Survival Ascended
Module GenericModule
Running in Container No
Current State Failed

Problem Description

Issue

Every time we try, it fails to start, and we can’t see any specific error anywhere in the console. Logs don’t reveal anything either.

Here is the comma-separated list of mods:

936457,940975,931874,936660,929110,947033,950914,942024,926259,927131,912902,900062,916922,926956,908148,975282,929299,1225569

EDIT: I’ve discovered that it’s trying to download mods from Steam Workshop instead of Curseforge.

Here are more details from the console:

Workshop download errors from console while starting up

ERROR! Download item 942024 failed (Failure).workshop_download_item 2430930 926259 validate

14:03:32

Downloading item 926259 …

ERROR! Download item 926259 failed (Failure).workshop_download_item 2430930 927131 validate

Downloading item 927131 …

ERROR! Download item 927131 failed (Failure).quit

Unloading Steam API…OK

CPID: 15972

Redirecting stderr to ‘C:\AMPDatastore\Instances\MesozoicHavenASA01\ark-sa\logs\stderr.txt’

Logging directory: ‘C:\AMPDatastore\Instances\MesozoicHavenASA01\ark-sa/logs’

[ 0%] Checking for available updates…

14:03:33

[----] Verifying installation…

Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1763795194

– type ‘quit’ to exit –

Loading Steam API…OK

force_install_dir “2430930”

14:03:36

Connecting anonymously to Steam Public…OK

14:03:38

Waiting for client config…OK

Waiting for user info…OK

workshop_download_item 2430930 912902 validate

14:03:39

Downloading item 912902 …

ERROR! Download item 912902 failed (Failure).workshop_download_item 2430930 900062 validate

Downloading item 900062 …

ERROR! Download item 900062 failed (Failure).workshop_download_item 2430930 916922 validate

14:03:40

Downloading item 916922 …

ERROR! Download item 916922 failed (Failure).workshop_download_item 2430930 926956 validate

14:03:41

Downloading item 926956 …

ERROR! Download item 926956 failed (Failure).workshop_download_item 2430930 908148 validate

14:03:42

Downloading item 908148 …

ERROR! Download item 908148 failed (Failure).quit

Unloading Steam API…OK

14:03:43

CPID: 8516

Redirecting stderr to ‘C:\AMPDatastore\Instances\MesozoicHavenASA01\ark-sa\logs\stderr.txt’

Logging directory: ‘C:\AMPDatastore\Instances\MesozoicHavenASA01\ark-sa/logs’

[ 0%] Checking for available updates…

[----] Verifying installation…

Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1763795194

– type ‘quit’ to exit –

Loading Steam API…OK

force_install_dir “2430930”

14:03:46

Connecting anonymously to Steam Public…OK

14:03:47

Waiting for client config…OK

Waiting for user info…OK

workshop_download_item 2430930 975282 validate

14:03:48

Downloading item 975282 …

ERROR! Download item 975282 failed (Failure).workshop_download_item 2430930 929299 validate

14:03:49

Downloading item 929299 …

ERROR! Download item 929299 failed (Failure).quit

Unloading Steam API…OK

Reproduction Steps

  • Install ASA instance
  • Gather mods you want from Curseforge
  • Turn on mods
  • Add comma separated list of mods to configuration
  • Try starting up instance

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