ARK server integration

The ARK server integration module in AscensionBot — what it does and how to configure it.

If your community runs ARK: Survival Evolved/Ascended servers through AscensionStudio's GameManager, the bot lets you manage them straight from Discord. The /ark start, stop, and restart commands let anyone with access spin a server up or down without ever logging into GameManager, while /ark info shows live online/offline status, player count, ping, and uptime. A background monitor checks server state every 30 seconds, automatically renames a voice channel with a 🟢/🔴 indicator, and posts a notification embed whenever status changes. Access is fully tunable — guild admins always have full control, and you can grant other members permission per server and per action from the web panel. This is a niche feature built specifically for servers already linked to GameManager, not a general-purpose game server manager.