SteamMod updater for a Windows Dedicated server

[falcon911 19]

Just wanted to pass along some knowledge and maybe someone can fix the symlinks. But I found a old ARMA 3 script for a Windows dedicated server from  a user named tissue901

(original link: https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/202897-dedicated-windows-server-updater-steam-workshop-and-game/)

While I got it to work with my server your mileage may vary. 

This is a  python script to automate updating my Windows Dedicated server. I've only tested it on Python 3.6 but I think it would work for any version. Just update the directories and files section to where your stuff is located.  The "WorkshopItems.txt" file just contains the workshop item number and a human readable string which automatically gets changed to a lowercase name without spaces.  It uses a symbolic link to add the mods to the server's addons folder instead of moving it so updating works without redownloading everything. 

Update.py

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import os
import sys
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, CalledProcessError, DEVNULL, STDOUT, check_call
import glob

DayzServerAppId = "223350"
DayzClientAppId = "221100"

modsDirectory = "D:\\DayzServer\\"
keysDirectory = "D:\\DayzServer\\keys\\"
DayzDirectory = "D:\\DayzServer\\"
steamCMD = "D:\\SteamCMD\\steamcmd.exe"
steamContentDirectory = "D:\\SteamCMD\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\" + DayzClientAppId + "\\"
steamTempScript = "D:\\SteamCMD\\tempUpdateScript.txt"
steamAuth = "D:\\DayzServer\\Steamauth.txt"
workshopItems = "D:\\DayzServer\\Workshopitems.txt"

userLogin = "yoursteamid"
userPass = "Yourpassword"

def updateServer():
    print("Updating Server...")
    # Get the users login
    checkUserLogin()
    os.system(steamCMD + ' +login ' + userLogin + ' ' + userPass + ' +force_install_dir ' + DayzDirectory + ' "+app_update ' + DayzServerAppId + '" validate +quit')

def checkUserLogin():
    global userLogin
    global userPass
    
    if userLogin == "":
        userLogin = input("Steam> Username: ")
    if userPass == "":
        userPass = input("Steam> Password: ")
        
def copyKeys():
    for filename in glob.iglob(modsDirectory+'**\\*.bikey', recursive=True):
        os.system("xcopy " + filename + " " + keysDirectory + " /s /y")
        
error = ""

os.system('cls')

try:
    with open(steamAuth) as f:
        for line in f:
            info = line.split(" ")
            if len(info) == 2:
                userLogin = info[0]
                userPass = info[1]
except:
    pass

while True:
    userInput = input("Main Menu \n1. Update Server\n2. Update Mods\n4. Update Keys\n4. Exit\n" + error + ">> ")

    error = ""
    
    if userInput == "1":
        updateServer()
        input("Press any key to continue...")
        os.system('cls')
        
    elif userInput == "2":
        # Get the users login
        checkUserLogin()

        # Clear the temp script
        file = open(steamTempScript, 'w')

        script = "@ShutdownOnFailedCommand 1\n"
        script += "@NoPromptForPassword 1\n"
        script += "login " + userLogin + " " + userPass + "\n"
        script += "force_install_dir " + DayzDirectory + "\n"

        mods = {}

        # Loop through each item in the workshop file
        with open(workshopItems) as f:
            for line in f:
                modInfo = line.split(" ", 1)
                steamWorkshopId = modInfo[0].strip()
                modName = modInfo[1].strip()
                modFolder = "@"+modName.replace(" ", "_").lower()

                mods[steamWorkshopId] = {"name": modName, "folder": modFolder}
                
                script += 'workshop_download_item ' + DayzClientAppId + ' ' + steamWorkshopId + ' validate\n'

                # Make a link to the downloaded content (way better than moving...)
                symLink = modsDirectory + modFolder
                if not os.path.exists(symLink):
                   os.system('mklink /J ' + symLink + ' '"D:\\Dayzserver\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\221100\\" + steamWorkshopId + '\n')

                   

        script += "quit"
         
        file.write(script)
        file.close()

        # Run the script
        print("\n=====================================\nLogging into Steam...\n=====================================")
        
        with Popen(steamCMD + " +runscript " + steamTempScript, stdout=PIPE, bufsize=1, universal_newlines=True) as p:
            for line in p.stdout:
                line = line.strip()
                if line != "":
                    if line.find("Downloading item") != -1:
                        downloadingLine = line.split("Downloading item")
                        if downloadingLine[0]:  
                            print(downloadingLine[0])

                        try:
                            modIdLine = downloadingLine[1].strip().split(" ")
                            steamWorkshopId = modIdLine[0]
                            print("\n=====================================\nDownloading "+mods[steamWorkshopId]["name"] + " ["+str(steamWorkshopId)+"]...\n=====================================")
                        except:
                            pass
                            
                    else:
                        print(line)
        
        # Automatically copy bikeys over
        print("\n=====================================\nCopying addon keys...\n=====================================")
        copyKeys()
        
        input("\nPress any key to continue...")
        os.system('cls')
 
    elif userInput == "3":
        # Search for any bikeys and copy them into keys folder
        copyKeys()
        input("Press any key to continue...")
        os.system('cls')
    elif userInput == "4":
        sys.exit(0)
    elif userInput == "":
        os.system('cls')
    else:
        error = "[ERROR] Unknown choice. Try again\n"

 

WorkshopItems.txt

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1630943713 Cl0ud_s_Military_Gear
1578593068 VanillaPlusPlus
1618400392 Better Combination Lock
1640091454 BleedTrail
1679548482 CityNames
1646187754 CodeLock
1633286229 DayZPlus_Guns
1571965849 DisableBaseDestruction
1608798126 DisableUnmountBarbedWire
1566911166 Mass_sManyItemOverhaul
1665663702 MoreGuns
1559212036 RPCFramework
1627811046 SpookArmbands
1590841260 Trader
1559317235 WeaponReduxPack
 

 

Note: If you happen to be good with Python scripting and you take a look at the original vs what I had to adjust above: You will notice that line (94 or 96 I believe) 

os.system('mklink /J ' + symLink + ' '"D:\\Dayzserver\\steamapps\\workshop\\content\\221100\\" + steamWorkshopId + '\n')

The symlink was not working from the original. I send a email to the dev. but have gotten no response as of yet. Maybe someone else could give it a go and correct it.  Either way match or adjust your folder structure accordingly. 

Edited April 4, 2019 by falcon911

[Uncle Zed 272]

I use OmegaManager. A nice interface and automatically updates DayZ and all of the mods that I run on my server.