Author: Krim

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 241.2

Changes

  • Reduced Wild Compy HP and Damage by 50%

Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed various TheCenter structure placement, teleport, collision issues, dino difficulty curve, and dino spawns
  • TheCenter clients now work properly on Mac
  • Fixed general case where you could place structures within world geometry
  • Generated shadow distance field data for the rest of TheCenter world geometry meshes (sorry for the large one-time update!!)
  • Saved some RAM on non-ShaderModel5 platforms by discarding unneeded distance field data

Upgrade Existing Center-Map-ModServer to DLC-Server

  • TheCenter is included directly with the v241 server update. No need to download “DLC” for the server. We’ve reduced the server size drastically from about 30 GB down to 4 GB so yeah 😉 Just change your server commandline to host ?TheCenter rather than ?TheIsland or whatnot. No need to specify any Mod ID’s.
  • You shouldn’t have to do anything to get your old savedata to work on the new official map, should you have old savedata from a TheCenter mod server. However, given that foliage has changed and some geometry has changed, all foliage will likely reset and your bases may get overlapped by some geometry in certain places (though geometric changes were minimal).
  • If they don’t already have the DLC installed, when players attempt to join your server, they will be automatically prompted to install the free TheCenter DLC via the Steam Overlay.That’s pretty much it. The Anonymous ARK Dedi Server App and TheCenter DLC will be updated in tandem going forward, typically along Major version releases of ARK, so it will be much easier to keep the map in-sync if you host long-running servers.

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Switching from The Center Mod to DLC

Some people having problems with deinstalling the Mod.  Here is a quick tutorial how to get the Center Map running 🙂

If you played The Center previously, you need to remove the mod in order for the DLC to function properly in these cases.

  1. Back your savings before proceeding with the steps 🙂
  2. Remove the mod ->
  3. Navigate to your mods folder.
    \Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Content\ModsDelete the folder and file named “614734500”.
  4. Download the DLC:
    Click here! (and press Download or Play)

If you are a server administrator running The Center pre-DLC, you must delete the mod folder in your server files and switch over to the DLC in order for your players to join properly. Make sure to remove “ActiveMapMod=614734500” from your GameUserSettings.ini.

In this article you finde the important points for server admins of a CenterMap-ModServer.

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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 241.0 & 241.1

241.0

New

  • Added The Center Official ARK Mod/Map as Free DLC
  • Added new 100-player ‘The Center’ Official Servers

Changes

  • You can now pickup and toss Dodos & Dung Beetles. Rejoice!

Fixes & Improvements

  • Improved Non-TrueSky Sky & Lighting (+ SM4/Mac/Linux)
  • Significant server PhysX & Networking optimization
  • Fixed the huge stall/lock when you “Transfer” a bunch of items at once
  • Arthropluera “Turret” AI mode option: won’t move and will only used ranged attack against targets.
  • Warmap now dynamically shows the mini-map texture of whatever level you’re playing on (even with Mod maps 🙂
  • Anonymous Dedicated Server package is now only 4GB! (down from like 30 GB)

241.1

SERVER ADMIN NOTE: There was an issue with v241.0 that caused Flyers to temporarily lose their Saddles and all Dinos to fall through Structures upon reloading. We strongly recommend all server admins upgrade to 241.1 as soon as possible, and consider a one-time rollback of their save data if their players were affected by use of 241.0. Accordingly for this reason, at 5:30pm Eastern on May 17, we rolled-back all the ARK Official Servers by approximately 2 hours.

  • Fixed critical issue with Flyer Saddles Disappearing and Dinos Falling thru Structures/Bases on game load.

Unravelling the Mysteries of the ARK: Ruins!

Various historical ruins will be found all across the ARK, we encourage survivors to go on adventures and seek them out as they hold the key into unlocking the secrets of the ARK, providing insight into its true nature! Through the hundreds of handcrafted notes and logs found at these locations, you’ll learn about the backstories of the Survivors in whose footsteps you follow, and what their fates may have been — or perhaps uncover the hidden recipes to powerful dishes, or even what the Wildcard devs drink to avoid sleeping 😛

Who knows! Intrepid Survivors will have to find out by going on the hunt to uncover them all — the first set of Ruins & Explorer Notes releases with the forthcoming Biome update! 😉

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ARK: Biome Changes

Blue area == Changes occurring in this area are to highlight the new Snow Biome. The previous biome will receive a touch-up / some alterations and adjustments which may effect your base. So there are some slight landscape/terrain changes made throughout the biome.

Orange area == This is the new Redwood biome. It will be replacing the previous existing
Jungle/Mountain area that was here before.

Green area == This is the swamp biome that will turn into Redwood.

 

The Old Snow Biome has received some changes, the extent of which is difficulty to quantify, it is closer to a touch-up as opposed to a re-do. There is a chance this could effect bases in that location.
The other highlighted areas, are areas of change. The swamp isn’t being made into a tiny small piece, it is still rather large – it’s just a far majority of it will be unaffected by this map change, which is why it is not highlighted on the map – however the areas that are highlighted, will change.

Here’s a little sneak-preview of what’s to come 🙂

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Dino Dossier: Purlovia

Common Name Purlovia
Species Purlovia maxima
Time Late Permian
Diet Carnivore
Temperament Patient
Domestication
Tameable Yes
Rideable No

 

  • Wild: Purlovia Maxima perfectly embodies the element of surprise. Though Nanictidopids such as Purlovia were once thought to be herbivores, I discovered that this creature is, in fact, a patient hunter of the most clever sort.

  • Domesticated: Though Purlovia is ill-suited to the life of a mount, its usefulness in staging an ambush or as a village guardian cannot be understated. With a tamed pack of Purlovia, one could assemble a literal minefield of deadly claws and teeth. However, any ambushes using Purlovia must be planned well in advance, as it will refuse to hibernate if it senses any threat nearby.

  • Known Information: After burrowing beneath the jungle floor, Purlovia enters a state of hibernation, and can go extended periods without any food. When some unfortunate create eventually wanders by, Purlovia dramatically bursts forth from the ground, tearing into its prey with its large canines before the victim can react.

Drops

  • Raw Meat
  • Raw Prime Meat
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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 240.5 & 240.6

240.5

Requires Server Update:

  • Added a 10 second grace period after being released from a Bola in which you can not be Bola’ed again. (with visual feedback of a broken bola hit)
  • Giganotosaurus attack knocks down trees now
  • Rexes (and anything up to 550 Drag Weight) can now be brought into Boss Arenas

240.6

Requires Server Update:

  • Fixed the Teleport max Drag Weight to allow Rexes, for real.
  • Fixed an issue where unconscious wild passive tames were unable to take damage on PvE.
  • Fixed an issue where “meat” would not cook on certain Mods.

ARK Survival Evolved Patch 240.3 & 240.4

240.3

  • Reduced about 150MB more of shader memory, also improving loading speed
    Requires Server Update:
  • Fixed long-term server timing issue (previously, servers at greater than 2 weeks uptime would start getting whacky)
  • Fixed Fish Meat taming Dinos at 2x speed, now is about the same rate as regular meat (even though it provides half as much food)
  • Fished issue with Gorilla Teleporters potentially getting overlapped
  • Made Boss Arenas reset immediately if there are no remaining live players within them

240.4

  • Fixed performance issue with Arthropluera physics. Recommend server update for better performance!
  • Reduced another 50MB of unused Render Target memory

ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 240.2

Fixes & Improvements

  • Reduced megapithecus shake
  • Fixed Arthropluera offset when riding on elevators
  • Fixed crash with unsupported “simple dynamic lighting” render pipeline (that pipeline is fully disabled now, it didn’t appear to gain any performance)
    Fixes require Server Update:
  • Fish should no longer get knocked back so much when dying
  • You can no longer pet dead/unconscious/baby lystros
  • Arthropluera can be ridden when swimming, has reduced damage knockback
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