[2021] Conan Exiles Dedicated Server Launcher (Official Version: 1.4.5 / Beta: ----)

Hmm, interesting, I tried on a brand new machine, and indeed I got the same thing:

Running SteamCMD
- Executable: C:\DSL\DedicatedServerLauncher\steamcmd.exe
- Parameters:  +login anonymous  +force_install_dir "C:\DSL\DedicatedServerLauncher\ConanExilesDedicatedServer"  +app_update 443030 -beta default +quit
----- Started Tue 06/08/2021 12:02:40.03 -----
Redirecting stderr to 'C:\DSL\DedicatedServerLauncher\logs\stderr.txt'
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation
-- type 'quit' to exit --
Loading Steam API...OK.
Connecting anonymously to Steam Public...Logged in OK
Waiting for user info...OK
ERROR! Failed to install app '443030' (Disk write failure)
----- Finished Tue 06/08/2021 12:02:43.31 with status code 8 -----
Waiting for 3 seconds, press a key to continue ...

What exactly did you enter as command parameters?

I’m confused: A couple messages above you said “it work”, then tyou paste a command that also has the write error

Ok, I tried without the

+force_install_dir “C:\DSL\DedicatedServerLauncher\ConanExilesDedicatedServer”

and indeed the download worked.
So the question is… why???

Has Valve changed something to the commands?

I poked around, and it seems that other people had similar issues on other projects, so it definitely looks like one of the recent SteamCMD updates changed the behavior, and it’s not clear what we can do to fix it.

Removing the +force_install_dir fixes the issue, but then it means you have no control about where the files get downloaded, and in any case that means all the existing SteamCMD based tools that are using the feature are broken, which is kind of a problem.

Possible work around:

If you have installed the Dedicated Server Launcher executable in a location “L” (ex: C:\Myserver), when starting it you will obtain the following:

“L”\DedicatedServerLauncher\ConanExilesDedicatedServer\ConanSandbox…"

in which the editor files are supposed to be installed.

Try to manually add a “steamapps”(1) folder inside the ConanExilesDedicatedServer

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Then start the launcher normally and try to start the server.

1) By “add” I mean “Create a folder there”, don’t copy or move anything else, the other existing steamapps folder should stay where it is

Suggestion: Read the two messages above yours

You were not supposed to copy the existing steamapps folder at the root of the launcher, it was necessary where it was: The SteamCMD bug is that apparently they changed something that requires ANOTHER “steamapps” folder to be present at the location I mentioned.

All you needed was to create a new empty folder, not copy or move anything

I wish I could answer you positively, but I’ve no idea.
Does it always stop at the exact same location?
Have you tried to enable “validate”?