This article will go over the steps needed to install Cross Ark Chat on your 24 Play Ark server.
Step 1: Log into your 24 Play game panel located here.
Step 2: Click on the "Non-Workshop Mods" icon on your panel.
Step 3: Click on install beside Cross ARK Chat for each server that you would like to enable Cross Ark Chat on.
Step 4: Once the install has completed, click on Configuration files and open "_configuration.json" with the text editor.
Step 5: Locate the "Servers" section of the "_configuration.json" and enter the information for each server using the template. You can then copy this to each of your server's "_configuration.json" files. Make sure that "Active" is set to "True" for each server
Step 6: Configure any other variables as needed. Additional explanations can be found here: https://github.com/spikeydragoon/Cross-Ark-Chat/wiki
Step 7: Once configured to your liking, on only one of the servers, click the "... More" section of your panel and click the "Start/Restart Cross Ark Chat Daemon".
Your Cross Ark Chat should now be functional.
If it does not start or is not functioning, you can copy and paste your _configuration.json contents to an online json parser such as https://jsonformatter.org/json-parser to verify your formatting is correct.
