Linux dedicated server won't update to 1.52

[travhimself 10]

I'm trying to use SteamCMD to pull down the latest version of the dedicated server. I ran:

app_update 233780

 ...and it seemed to download a new version (I saw a bunch of output with progress indicators), but when I run the server it's still showing up as 1.50:

 2:47:21 BattlEye Server: Initialized (v1.207)
 2:47:21 Host identity created.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() failed.
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 107410
 2:47:21 Game Port: 2302, Steam Query Port: 2303
 2:47:21 Initializing Steam server - Game Port: 2302, Steam Query Port: 2303
Arma 3 Console version 1.50 : port 2302
 2:47:22 Connected to Steam servers

And sure enough, when I attempt to connect with a client on v1.52, I'm kicked due to incorrect client/server version match.

 

A quick sanity check:

Steam>app_update 233780
Success! App '233780' already up to date.

Does SteamCMD ever fall behind in its knowledge of latest app versions? Am I suffering from caching issues? Any leads would be much appreciate. Thanks in advance!

[travhimself 10]

Admittedly I don't completely understand why this works, but here was the fix: simply use SteamCMD's force_install_dir, and install on top of the existing directory where the A3 server lives.

 

In my case the server lived at:

~/steamcmd/arma3

So I ran:

Steam>login <username>

Logging in user '<username>' to Steam Public...
Using cached credentials. . .
Logged in OK
Waiting for license info...OK

Steam>force_install_dir arma3/

Steam>app_update 233780

This seems to force not only a specific install directory, but a fresh/complete download of the server files. You'll get a bunch of download progress output, and it will take a while longer than doing a standard app_update (which is why I'm conjecturing that it's a clean install).

 

At any rate, I ran the server after doing this, and sure enough it was at 1.52:

13:24:10 BattlEye Server: Initialized (v1.207)
13:24:10 Host identity created.
[S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() failed.
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 107410
13:24:10 Game Port: 2302, Steam Query Port: 2303
13:24:10 Initializing Steam server - Game Port: 2302, Steam Query Port: 2303
Arma 3 Console version 1.52 : port 2302
13:24:11 Connected to Steam servers

Happily, this doesn't wipe any of your mods or config files from your existing install directory.