SMM Can't Connect to Dedicated Server via SFTP
Hi all...
I have a dedicated server running in AMP. I can connect to the sftp using an FTP client from my desktop PC no problems. However SMM (v3.03) is not connecting properly. I can add the server using Simple Mode however if I try to do anything like install or enable mods etc I get the "Something went wrong" "failed to remove old mods: failed to delete mod directory: failed to delete path: file does not exist" error.
I generated the Debug and I can see the following line:
"WARN","msg":"failed to get remote server metadata","error":"failed to get game version: failed to validate installation: failed to connect to ssh server: dial tcp [ip:port]: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.","path":"sftp://user:pass@**/"}
I have changed my password so there are no special characters and as I said I can connect to the dedicated server fine with a desktop client.
I've spent a few hours trying to work through this by I can't figure out why SMM won't connect.
Debug attached.
I have a dedicated server running in AMP. I can connect to the sftp using an FTP client from my desktop PC no problems. However SMM (v3.03) is not connecting properly. I can add the server using Simple Mode however if I try to do anything like install or enable mods etc I get the "Something went wrong" "failed to remove old mods: failed to delete mod directory: failed to delete path: file does not exist" error.
I generated the Debug and I can see the following line:
"WARN","msg":"failed to get remote server metadata","error":"failed to get game version: failed to validate installation: failed to connect to ssh server: dial tcp [ip:port]: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.","path":"sftp://user:pass@**/"}
I have changed my password so there are no special characters and as I said I can connect to the dedicated server fine with a desktop client.
I've spent a few hours trying to work through this by I can't figure out why SMM won't connect.
Debug attached.
SMMDebug-2025-07-06-05-42-34.zip252.67KB
Solution
I seem to have fixed this myself. I deleted all mod folders from server (and steam client on my desktop). I removed the server details from SMM and all mods from SMM. I then started the whole process from scratch and it worked. So there must have been something strange that was stopping it from working that starting over seems to have resolved.
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