Adding mods to AMP through SMM
I'm completely lost, it keeps saying it's failing to validate the install directory, and it also says it's unable to actually install the mods. Is there a guide anywhere for this or anyone who knows how to do it that I could talk to?
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We need more information to help you. Before launching the game again, open the Mod Manager and use the "Generate debug info" option, then send the zip file produced in #help-using-mods. This ensures that your help request won't get buried and forgotten in other, non-help channels!
If you need to access older log files, see https://docs.ficsit.app/satisfactory-modding/latest/faq.html#Files_Logs
What does AMP stand for in this case...?
It's a home hosting program for server hosting
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Key Details for SMMDebug-2025-10-28-18-28-41.zip triggered by @DragonWatcherAmp doesn't provide SMM enough access to function
Ah, is there a way to fix that, or a way around it?
You can install a secondary sftp server application to provide access to the folder
So manually installing the mods then?
No that's not supported
I'm assuming you're talking about something like FileZilla, right?
Any sftp server application should do
Alternatively, if you have direct access to the machine with the server, you could just run SMM or ficsit CLI directly on it
I do have access to the machine, and I'm running SMM on it, but I don't know what information it's needing me to input exactly
SMM generally detects installs automatically, what information is it asking for?
So, I'm not sure if it's the wrong "host", or if SMM just isn't detecting the install directory for Satisfactory itself
Ah it's because the game server build is provided by FactoryGamers01 instead of a regular source
wow AMP have really made this... Interesting
I'd just grab the server from steam tbh
So do I just leave that blank on SMM?
I don't think you're going to get AMP to work, we've had loads of people over the last few weeks with exactly this problem
Dunno why it's only started recently
I'm also a little concerned they seem to be distributing the server in a way which may not be legal
I think that's more of a me issue, because I assumed it was asking for the name of the virtual server on SMM
Yeah you weren't connecting properly, but even if you do it won't actually work, AMP severs the connection as soon as SMM starts actually uploading a mod
So I need to "upload" them through a separate sftp program manually, like when I was modding Ark..
The first Ark, not the new one
No
You still use SMM, but use a different sftp server to provide SMM access to your server install
Okay, I see what you're saying now
That's the only way I can see it working with AMP, because it's using an unofficial provider for the game server which means a local SMM/ficsit-cli installation won't find it, and AMP's built in SFTP server doesn't provide enough permissions for SMM to function
I wish it did, because threads like this are becoming more and more common
Hmm, I also asked about this in Amp's Discord, so I'll talk to them as well and see if they can get this figured out from their end
Thanks, that's really what I want! :LUL:
No problem, I've been playing modded games since your only option was manually dropping in your mods and hoping you didn't break your game so I'm happy to help with this kind of stuff to make everyone's life easier when I can
Yep we do everything possible to avoid that in this scene since dependencies and frequent updates make it... Unmanageable lol
Well, I do appreciate all the help you've been able to provide me, it did answer a lot of questions I had
Fingers crossed they can do something about it! If they need to know which directories SMM needs read/write access to I can probably dig that out from somewhere
I'll keep that in mind whenever I hear back from them
Not sure where you get that info from (ChatGPT?), but AMP simply downloads the server from Steam using steamcmd
Hello random person who's jumped into someone else's support thread.
Hell naw, I don't fuck with LLMs. My word choice was innacurate, I should have said Launcher. Normally the launcher is also how the game is downloaded but apparently not in this case. Either way, because the launcher (which reports as FactoryGamers01) isn't known to SMM it wouldn't be able to find it on a local install.
It's a dedicated server. No need for it to download the game
I responded here because the OP posted your message in the AMP discord, asking whether it was true
The dedicated server is just a different build of the game, but sure
Which in this case is probably half of the reason it is so poor. Servers that are just pared down games are never good. They need to be developed properly
I'd rather keep support cases focused on being support cases instead of server build commentary, but we have many channels which are good for discussions
Sorry, I'm probably coming across a bit spiky. Haven't finished my morning coffee yet lol
Update for OP copied from 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕟 in another thread:
The main dev noted a few days ago on discord that the upstream vendor that supplies the SFTP plugin that AMP has acknowledged the issue and will be issuing a patch soon
I’m having the same issue. Has there been a known fix, yet?
No known fix here, I'd suggest checking the AMP discord
Just as an update, I contacted AMP a week ago about this issue on a Linux Server and there response,
CubeCoders Staff — 24/10/2025 09:05Friday, 24 October 2025 09:05
I reached out to the SFTP component vendor who has confirmed there is an issue and they're going to issue a fix soon.
Followed by
kASPer58 — 02/11/2025 07:53Sunday, 2 November 2025 07:53
Do we have an ETA on the fix. as this issue is holding up the running of my platform.
CubeCoders Staff — 02/11/2025 07:53Sunday, 2 November 2025 07:53
We do not, it takes them a while to push updates. You can use the host systems SFTP in the mean time.
kASPer58 — 02/11/2025 12:51Sunday, 2 November 2025 12:51
The Valheim Mod Manager creates the updates on the fly. So I am unable to upload mods as they don't exist.
Is my assumption correct, or is there someway to create the correct files for upload to a Linux or Windows Server?
I had a very similar issue. Trying to install mods on a linux server using AMP, and unable to finish the installation. I was able to get mods working on my server without changing anything on the server by downloading the mods manually.
Moving the mod folders to the Mod folder in FactoryGame and then updating the default-lock.json file was a tedious, but good work around for using SMM. I can provide more detailed instructions if anyone needs it.
Manual installation is very specifically not supported for Reasons™
What are those reasons? is it potential version issues? I modded my server that way, what should I be on the lookout for?
Among others, yeah. Near impossible to manage dependencies & keep your mods up to date which leads to many more problems being posted here
Especially in this case, where a fix is inbound, I wouldn't recommend anyone follow down your path
I see, it's currently stable™ and it should be ok until satisfactory makes any updates correct?
Sure, or mod authors make updates
ok good deal, I'll keep this in mind. I'll switch back to using SMM once they have a fix out for this issue. Thanks for the info man
any updates on this or fixes ? saw this after i made a thread
is this the same porblem ?
It looks like you have not yet generated the debug info file!
Please do as the mod manager requested. Click the "Generate debug info" button and send the zip file in #help-using-mods otherwise we will not be able to help you!
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pleasegeneratedebuginfo triggered by @BrZzYand when i input the zip fred tells me to turn off the server but it IS
Appears to be. CubeCoders sent out this.
CCL/Mike (UTC +1)
CubeCoders Staff — 07/11/2025 10:33Friday, 7 November 2025 10:33
We actually have the update for this as of this morning. There's a dev build with this change in.
As to when... 🤔
So SFTP update has been applied, and appears to be working.