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  • Community Crunch 392: Development Update, Cross-Platform Mod Spotlight, and More!

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    Hey survivors! We're here with a quick update on some of the top priorities keeping us busy in the trenches throughout early 2024.  As always, a smooth and enjoyable ARK experience is our main goal, and we're laser-focused on tackling three key areas:

    1. Server Performance: We hear you loud and clear on server performance. We're relentlessly optimizing the server infrastructure to ensure silky-smooth gameplay. Expect continued improvements throughout January, and know that we're constantly monitoring and tweaking to make the Official Network stable.

    2. Exploits and Hacks: No one enjoys being disrupted by unfair play. We're actively battling exploits and hacks with a vengeance, deploying new detection and prevention measures at a frequent and regular cadence. We'll keep you posted on our progress, and remember, report any violations to the Code of Conduct to our enforcement team here. Your reports are invaluable in keeping ARK a fair and enjoyable experience for all.

    3. Network Movement: Improving network movement for both characters and dinos is a top priority. Expect continued improvement throughout the month of January and going forward. 

     

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    Full server transfers on official servers across all platforms will be enabled on the 24th January. Once enabled, players will be able to download items and creatures onto the map without restriction.

    We will also launch some fresh non-transfer Official PvP servers at this time and we’ll share more info on those prior. 

     

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    We're thrilled to announce that a SOTF dev kit update will be released by mid next week. Craft custom arenas, create devious new battle-royale style game modes, and sculpt the ultimate battlegrounds where your fellow ARK survivors will fight to see who will be the ultimate survivor!  Gather your coding cohorts, fire up your imaginations and show the community what you can do!

     

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    By the end of this month, we're unleashing a colossal-sized dev kit update that'll put the power of unbridled game creation directly in your hands. Imagine it: crafting not just ARK mods, but entire custom Unreal Engine games to be made available inside ASA.

    Want to build a Mario-esque rampage through Crystal Isles? Go for it! Dream of a PvP arena where Tek Rexes joust against Spinos? Buckle up. This dev kit update will come with a completely playable Mario-inspired platformer example to help show you the ropes, but your imagination is the true architect. Design custom main menus, host and browse your own multiplayer game sessions from within the mod, and even create a mod that progresses (seamless travel) from one level to the next  – the sandbox is officially yours to play in. Get ready to unleash your inner game dev, push the limits of ARK's potential, and build experiences that will leave the community speechless. We can't wait to see what you cook up!

     

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    Mark your calendars for the end of February! The Center and Gigantoraptor make a grand debut!  The Center is a sprawling, diverse map that will redefine your ARK experience. Lush jungles teem with hidden secrets, treacherous ice peaks pierce the sky, and crystalline caverns beckon with untold treasures.

    Towering above the horizon comes the Gigantoraptor, a feathered behemoth unlike anything ever seen.  Whether you choose to tame this gentle giant or respect its territorial might, the Gigantoraptor's arrival will forever alter the delicate balance of power on The Center.
     

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    The searing sands of Scorched Earth will arrive on April 1st, bringing along a taste of sun-baked survival unlike any you've known. Brace yourselves for an unforgiving desert where every oasis is a hard-won prize and every sandstorm a test of your grit. Don your rugged frontier leather chaps, customize your base with western-themed structures, and tame the ultimate desert steed: the Fasolasuchus.

    But hold on, pardners’ 🤠, that's not all! April 1st also sees the debut of the Frontier Adventure Pack, a DLC treasure trove of desert-themed goodies that'll make you the envy of any wasteland wanderer.  And did we mention trains!? Build train tracks that crisscross the scorching landscape, choo-choo your way past sandworms, and create your own Wild West-style dino raids.

     

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    Strap yourselves in, because Winter Wonderland was just the first snowflake in a blizzard of freshly-designed ARK events coming your way in 2024!  Whether it's Love Evolved or Eggcellent Adventures, we’re planning plenty of new event content!

     

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    ARK Survival Ascended will be going live on PlayStation in Japan later in January!  We’ll follow up with the details in a future Community Crunch.


    That’s about it for the time being. Keep your feedback, bug reports, player reports and suggestions coming; they’re invaluable to us!

     


     

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    Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-bowser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!

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    During Extra Life 2023, we hosted a draw along with Clayton and Svala, where chat votes determined the prompts. Clayton's final drawing had to be a unique creature, blending an axolotl head, unicorn horn, ringed-lemur tail, armadillo body, bat wings, T-rex limbs, bioluminescence, and a habitat on Aberration. This collaboration showcased the incredible power of collective creativity in our community. Enjoy Clayton's final product!

     


     

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    This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Tuesday, January 16th.

    • PVP/PVE: 1.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 1.5x Breeding
    • Small Tribes: 4x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 3.5x Breeding
    • ARKpocalypse: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience + 4.5x Breeding

     


     

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    Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form

    Help us discover your talent by tagging your art with #ARKPhotoMode or #ARKFanart on social media!

     

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    Creator: MrMEOLA

    MrMEOLA goes on an adventure to find a new base location... and nothing goes according to plan!

     

    Creator: Etholdir

    Watch these mountain ruins come back to life in the deft hands of Etholdir!

     

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    Raptor Claus by @Isopod22

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    Merry Christmas everyone by @TekARK_01

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    This year is the year of the dragon! by @feru00

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    Happy New Year by amitaya82

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    Spreading holiday cheer. by @MamaMullet88

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    Happy Holidays from Infinite Wrld Order! by @II_Outaker_II

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    Soooo... I've been busy...  by @ArxmisGames

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    "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" by @KurushiG

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    𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 by @Muni_ark

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    9 hours ago, Tonarinookami said:

    Everyone complaining about not getting the Shastasaurus with the Center please remember that they did say they are having problems getting the saddle everyone is wanting for it to work correctly.  I can't remember when they said it, I want to say right before ASA came out or around that time, but they did mention they are working on it and was having problems. 

    Yes we can ask but don't get upset about it or start yelling at the overworked devs.

    If they knew they needed  more time to get that saddle working, why the F did they push the release of that map instead of sticking to the announced scedule? The whole voting thing never appeared to me as a good idea but if they can't even give people what was voted for it is all just baked air.
    Don't want to be a partypooper but it seems to me they are pushing things way too much with too many unsolved issues.

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    2 hours ago, Joebl0w13 said:

    The unusual trend is the player base is slowly declining while the number of servers is increasing. I'm not sure it's safe to make too many assumptions about ASE since we don't have any numbers on consoles other than those released from Snail's SEC filings. Those simply show more console players than PC (ASE), which makes sense as that's a global trend for the entire industry. I'm always taken aback by the fact that mobile is eclipsing all other platforms (more than 50% and growing). Who are these people? 

    well for ASE numbers.. how many official server were for each console vendor and how many on PC? IIRC PC version had far more. Even if on PC unofficial had Steam workshop mods.

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    13 hours ago, HoganRyan01 said:

    asa has so much potential but they dont act in he way i want them to waaaaaaaaa

    Calm down keyboard warrior, you definitely interpreted that the wrong way.

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    21 minutes ago, darkradeon said:

    well for ASE numbers.. how many official server were for each console vendor and how many on PC? IIRC PC version had far more. Even if on PC unofficial had Steam workshop mods.

    That’s the problem. There were no public numbers available for console servers for ASE. Anybody making claims is guessing. 

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    The downside of the whole team working on bugs, exploits and new content is that nobody takes care of interpersonal issues. There are toxic people on many servers. Soliciting for personal information, offensive language, publishing other people's emails, hacking into their emails etc.

    I understand why they go after performance and bugs first. But it is often no fun to play on official server when you see the endless tapestry of spam, false accusations and personal attacks. I wonder whether the server transfers will make this better or worse. I really wish they would have implemented an ignore list for global chat by now.

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    wait 1st april? ...... IF this goes forward with ZERO problems i will be immensely surprised  lol

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    14 hours ago, Honixx said:

     

     

    I don't have that problem, I just have crashing issues as I'm playing lol

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    4 hours ago, Duffmek said:

    wait 1st april? ...... IF this goes forward with ZERO problems i will be immensely surprised  lol

    Quite frankly if it has zero problems on implementation I’m going to take that as a sign of the end times and start counting my canned goods and ammo supply

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    are you guys going to drop new pve servers as well on January 24? 

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    On 1/12/2024 at 9:21 PM, TheTwistedKeeper said:

    I get not wanting to rasie baby dinos without maewings & that's from someone who plays solo. But It's still bull, if they can change this one they can change the rest, and tha doesn't exactly make me wanna vote on anymore from here on out. If not having maewings or something like them was such a problem they could've released Ragnarok before The Center, then they wouldn't have needed to change anything.

    Don't vote then... Sometimes things need to be switched up. You will still get your Dino you voted for. 

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    9 minutes ago, Gsage77 said:

    Don't vote then... Sometimes things need to be switched up. You will still get your Dino you voted for. 

    You are missing the point: We were offered a saying in the future of the game by voting specific creatures for specific maps. People designed these dino's to fit in that one map. What is happening now is making as much sense as giving a basilo-like creature as the new dino for Scorched Earth.
    Giving this creature on another map is just a vote wasted and votes were what all the hype to ASA was buil on.

    Tl;dr: The current situation is WC doing a "We here you" while giving the finger simultaniously.

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    15 hours ago, KarelBeranek said:

    ... endless tapestry of spam, false accusations and personal attacks. I wonder whether the server transfers will make this better or worse. I really wish they would have implemented an ignore list for global chat by now.

    It will get worse. Toxic players and cheaters hopping from server to server are kind of anonymous. No one can keep track of them so it is easier for them to stay undetected. Official ASE already teached that lesson.

    The other thing we will see returning is all the "I got ARKed" posts from people that lost all when transfering.

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    On xbox save still has issues, now when you hit exit to main menu, game crashes. Done admin save but still at times loose hours of time

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    13 hours ago, MMaas said:

    You are missing the point: We were offered a saying in the future of the game by voting specific creatures for specific maps. People designed these dino's to fit in that one map. What is happening now is making as much sense as giving a basilo-like creature as the new dino for Scorched Earth.
    Giving this creature on another map is just a vote wasted and votes were what all the hype to ASA was buil on.

    Tl;dr: The current situation is WC doing a "We here you" while giving the finger simultaniously.

    Thank you. If I knew they were just gonna change it I'd have gone with the hermit crab instead, my vote was in part because of the map it was on.

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    On 1/13/2024 at 5:21 AM, TheTwistedKeeper said:

    I get not wanting to rasie baby dinos without maewings & that's from someone who plays solo. But It's still bull, if they can change this one they can change the rest, and tha doesn't exactly make me wanna vote on anymore from here on out. If not having maewings or something like them was such a problem they could've released Ragnarok before The Center, then they wouldn't have needed to change anything.

    Ragnarok wasn't the map with the maewing. 

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    19 hours ago, MMaas said:

    You are missing the point: We were offered a saying in the future of the game by voting specific creatures for specific maps. People designed these dino's to fit in that one map. What is happening now is making as much sense as giving a basilo-like creature as the new dino for Scorched Earth.
    Giving this creature on another map is just a vote wasted and votes were what all the hype to ASA was buil on.

    Tl;dr: The current situation is WC doing a "We here you" while giving the finger simultaniously.

    You actually believe ur or anyone's vote makes a difference to which creatures are paired with what maps? They will release whichever creatures they want with whatever map they choose. They asked people to vote to gain favour with gullible people who think their having a say in the games development. 

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    On 1/12/2024 at 10:24 PM, TheDimiGod said:

    Shouldn’t the Valentines Day event be “Love Ascended”?

    Yeah

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    1 hour ago, Hurebhsdyrgsg said:

    Ragnarok wasn't the map with the maewing. 

    I know that, I was commenting on the the peep saying others were spoiled with maewings on so they had to change which dino is coming with The Center & prioritize the gigantoraptor for it instead.

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    First of all: thanks for taking care about the server-performance. Please do also not forget the RAM issue, its still to high!

     

    A question related to the paid DLCs "frontier adventure pack":
    How should they work? Are these paid DLC only for singleplayers? Or how should it work on unofficial?

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    Anyone else not having any bonus rates on official? For this supposingly 4 day event

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    On 1/12/2024 at 10:54 PM, keiran70 said:

    All you have to do to save is click exit to main menu wait till you're at the menu then close the game, it will save every time.

    This is not the case.  The current "workaround" is to do a wild dino wipe via commands to ensure a save.  But I can attest to this not working every time.  It does however make the game save more often when exiting.

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    I don't see anything about when we will be able to deactivate the Winter event without losing all the stuff built during the event.  Has this been addressed and I missed it?

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    On 1/12/2024 at 10:43 PM, s0na said:

    Please, make 1 of those upcoming PVP servers to be Hardcore! 😅

    There’s a whole community waiting for hardcore!!

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