GameServerApp.com Integration mod released (PC) + Multi-account support

[mvaessen]

All Epic, Steam, EOS and Mojang players can now use the shop. 🎉
This update significantly improves the accessibility of the Community website and makes GSA more future proof for upcoming games.

GameServerApp.com Integration mod on CurseForge

The integration mod is finally available on CurseForge!
It comes with all features from the ARK:SE mod, like the in-game shop, whitelisting, cluster chat, token gems, muting players, enhanced notifications, in-game reporting, dino paint brush etc.

The mod is currently PC-only, but we are working hard to ensure that the mod is working for console too. Just a little patience :)

GameServerApp.com Integration mod on CurseForge >

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Multi-accounts / Connected accounts

As mentioned at the beginning of this release post: we improved accessibility for the Community website.
You can now directly login with your Epic account.

More social login options will be added in the future, such as:

• Twitch
• Discord
• Github
• Patreon
• Google
• Microsoft / Live.com

For accounts that don't offer any login options (like the ARK:SA EOS account), we created a special a fallback method.
For example, ARK: Survival Ascended players, who normally can't login with their EOS ID, can link their EOS account to an Epic or Steam account. Afterwards they can buy from the shop via their Steam / Epic account and have the package delivered to their EOS character.

How to connect accounts

Players can link their accounts by first logging in to your Community website.
On the Settings page there is a section Connected accounts. Here players can see their linked accounts and link new accounts.

See how it works >

Player section tweaks

On the Player overview page, on the dashboard, you can see whether players connected other accounts. Players with accounts connected will display a Multi tag. On the player detail page you can see which accounts are connected and what the associated IDs are.

Although it was a fairly huge update for us, little has changed for customers / admins. We've worked hard to ensure that even though a lot has changed, it should barely be unnoticeable for users. GSA automatically picks the correct IDs for tasks, whitelists and all other matters.

The Player overview and the player detail pages received some updates too. For example; a new shortcut menu has been added, acting as an "admin action" shortcut.
See docs for details >

How this affects existing tasks and deliveries

You don't have to change anything, but...
Previously you may have used {steamid} in your tasks & deliveries. Although you can still use this, we recommend you use the new variable from now on: {serviceid}. It does exactly the same thing as {steamid} but received a naming improvement.
So for commands that need a player id (steam, epic, eos, mojang id) use {serviceid} and GSA automatically grabs the right ID for the player. 👍

Other stuff

• RconConnect is now supporting ARK:SA (Nitrado confirmed working now too!✅)
• Installing & deleting mods / plugins is now available while the game server is running
• ark-servers.net vote site is now available for ARK:SA
• ARK API installation support was added
• Various bugfixes have been included