245.96

•  Fixed character Ragdolls falling through the ground when dying. Requires Server Update.

245.97

• Fixed getting stuck on rocks/geometry when pushed by Dinos. Improvements to Dinos & Bodies falling thru Floors. Requires Server Update.

245.98

• Fixed networking issue associated with ‘flickering’ / ‘detached’ Mounted Dinos. Requires Server Update.

245.986

• Fixed cases where you could get stuck in world geometry after being pushed by Dinos. Requires Server Update.
• Fixed another case of Dinos falling thru Floors. Requires Server Update.
• Pillars now extend resource/respawn prevention radius as far out as foundations. Requires Server Update.
• New server option: ?OnlyDecayUnsnappedCoreStructures=true
  If set, only unsnapped core structures will decay. Useful for eliminating lone pillar/foundation spam on PvP Servers.
• On August 22nd, we will be enabling Auto Destruction of any decayed (demolishable) PvE structures on all Official Servers. They will at that time be auto-destroyed if they are publicly demolishable. Also, at that time, all old lone (unsnapped) pillars & foundations will be cleared from Official PvP servers

245.987

• Updated Primitive+, fixing numerous issues! May require Server update to retain compatibility with clients! 
• Changed Pillars back to the low-prevention radius they previously had.
• New server option: “?FastDecayUnsnappedCoreStructures=true”, which will decay unsnapped foundations/pillars at 5x speed.
• Note: All official PvE servers now have “-AutoDestroyStructures”, to automatically demolish old structures, and “?FastDecayUnsnappedCoreStructures=true”. Official PvP servers only do this on Pillars, using “?OnlyDecayUnsnappedCoreStructures=true”.

245.988

• Fixed issue where “FastDecayUnsnappedCoreStructures” was affecting Tree Platforms.

245.989

• Gate Frames are no longer considered foundation/resource-blockers (and can not be built within range of enemy Foundations).
• You can launch an autodestroy enabled server with “?OnlyAutoDestroyCoreStructures=true” to prevent any non-core/non-foundation structures from autodestroying (however they’ll still get autodestroyed if a floor that they’re on gets autodestroyed, of course). Official PvE Servers now use this option.
• Fixed an exploit that allowed phasing through walls.
• Fixed a turret avoidance exploit.
• The following structures can no longer be built within range of enemy foundations:
  • Large Storage Box
  • Storage Box
  • Bookshelf
  • Wardrums
  • Wooden Cage
  • Wooden Bench
  • Wooden Chair
  • Cooking
  • Air Conditioner
  • Lamp Post
  • Omnidirectional
  • Feeding Trough
  • Preserving Bin
  • All Flags
  • Compost Bin

245.99

• Fixed an issue with Industrial Grinders. Recommend all player-hosted servers update asap. Requires Server Update.

Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed Sky rendering in VR mode
• Fishing Rod can only be crafted 3 times from a Blueprint and can not be repaired, but Fishing Rod loot quality scale increased by 20%! Fishing is also less likely to yield rare resources. Requires server update.
• Fixed bug with Scuba Tank durability decreasing too quickly on long-running servers. Requires server update.

NVIDIA ANSEL

• Support! How do we actually enable it however? Details shortly! (With the latest NVIDIA drivers, launch the game with \ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ARK_Ansel.bat, or use the new Steam Launch option, and then press Alt-F2 during singleplayer gameplay You can generate cool specialized screenshots with a roving camera, even super-rez and stereoscopic 3D / VR-ready. For Ansel, recommend 100% resolution scalar and no motion blur (those settings will tend to mess it up). WSAD to move the camera around in Ansel mode, click-drag to turn the camera.

• New Dev Kit Hooks: Mods can now Remove engrams from the game, as well as append additional Dinosaur spawns without having to completely override the Dinosaur spawn entries. Requires server update.

The Center

• Disabled jumping-puzzle reward loot for the time being.

Reintegrated core VR support for retail Oculus unit! Details here:
In ARK v245.94 on Windows, just enable this setting in your Oculus Control Panel for “Unknown Applications”, like so:

Then in-game with an Oculus hooked up and driver installed, in ARK’s Options Menu click the “Enable HMD VR” button which will appear in the bottom left. Put your Oculus Rift on, and the game will appear on the Oculus display (at the moment we can’t seem to display the Oculus stereoscopic render until the device is actually on your head).

It’s still an early implementation, but at least gets ARK back up to launch feature parity on the retail Oculus unit. Expect more improvements in the weeks ahead!

Happy VR Dino Hunting

Source

• Added “Wild Only” targeting setting for turrets. Requires Server Update.

245.9

• Added optional launch command for servers to disable non-meat Fish Loot: -nofishloot Requires server update.
• Clamped Fishing Rod Effectiveness to 600%. Requires server update.
• Industrial Grinder now yields up to 100 items of a type per grind (rather than 50). Requires server update.
• Fixed client-side memory stomp crash (W+F bug)

245.92

• Fixed a crash that would occur with the Industrial Grinder. Requires Server Update.

• Fixed Allosaurus spawning too close to bases. Requires server update.
• Fixed harvesting issue (inability to harvest). Requires server update.

245.5

• Fixed multiple-melee-attack bug with melee-weapons
• Made Carnivore insta-harvest take the death-inventory of the victim as well (provided the Carnivore has Collect Victim Items enabled and sufficient Inventory Weight).

245.6

• Fixed an issue with inability to harvest repeatedly when holding the attack button on a melee weapon. Requires server update.

245.7

• Fixed various issues reported on TheCenter, and further optimized. Requires Server Update.
• Rebalanced Fishing Rod loot table & scaling. Requires Server Update.
• Made Carnivores not insta-harvest creatures that they kill, except for the Pelagornis and Beezlebufo as appropriate. Requires Server Update.

245.3

Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed & Improved Ragdoll Networked (requires Server And Client update). Also re-enabled Ragdoll Death Impulse.
• Removed Fishing Rod Blueprint from Fish Loot Table and decreased Fish Loot Table Qualtiy by 33%, as well as marking certain Fish Loot Table Items to only occur at high-quality.
• Land Dinos can now do movement-blocking attacks while in Water again (Scorpion etc), but not when Falling anymore 😉
• Fixed potential memory corruption
• Made Beezlebufo‘s 5x bug damage multiplier apply to Dragonflies as well (was always supposed to)
  

245.4

• Fixed inability to Fish. Requires Server Update.

245.0

New

• The Center mega-update! (New Biomes, New Islands, New Caves & Creature Spawns, etc)
• New Official Total Conversion: Primitive+, optimized, ‘completed’, and packaged as Free DLC
• New Creature: Pelagornis!
• New Creature: Allosaurus!
• New Item: Fishing Rod + Fishing Mechanic! (Just Sap and Leech Blood baits for now, but many more baits will be added in the next day!)
• New Structure: Industrial Grinder: grinds items into a portion of their crafting resources, converts resources into simpler resources
• New Structure: Spiral Staircase (Stone/Wood/Metal)
• New Mechanic: Optional Hitmarkers for ranged attacks (server can toggle them, as well as client if the server allows it). Default enabled, “?AllowHitMarkers=false” to disable. Also, server crosshair is now enabled by default, “?ServerCrosshair=false” to disable. There are now client options to disable these effects locally as well.
• Building Attack/Destruction TribeLogs
• UI Option to colorize item name texts based on quality level.

Changes

• Offline Raid Protection mode now disables PIN Locking, and Structures in Caves no longer get ORP.

245.1

Fixes

• Fixed a server crash associated with Fishing
• Fixed issue where carried Dinosaurs couldn’t attack
• Fixed a server performance issue

245.2

Unversioned Hotfix: Fixed Primitive+ Storage Boxes not appearing. Requires Server and Client Update, please update accordingly!

• Fixed issue with Tamed Pelagnornis disappearing. Requires server update!