ShadeCrest ARK: Survival Evolved

Discussion in 'News and Updates' started by CyberVic, Apr 17, 2016.

  1. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    TheCenter IP: 192.99.149.96:27015 (can connect via the website sidebar)
    TheCenter Voting: http://arkservers.net/server/192.99.149.96:27015/upvote

    Valhalla IP: 192.99.149.96:27016 (can connect via the website sidebar)
    Valhalla Voting: http://arkservers.net/server/192.99.149.96:27016/upvote

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    od Collection: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=667875586
    Server Info: Google Spreadsheet

    General Rules:
    It's PVE. Stealing is allowed, so protect yo shit. No glitching, cheating, or being a complete ass to people. Do not block access to things like dungeon caves. Do not purposeful try to wreck people's bases by kiting Alphas or similar to them. Similarly, no dropping untamed dinos in people's bases (picking up untamed dinos is enabled). No pillaring or throwing down foundations on the island where you don't intend on building (keep spawns alive). Clean up temporary structures or and admin will for you. Do it too often and bad things will happen to you. Don't do insane stupid stuff that will lag the server. For example, with the Oviraptor and the Ark Advance Egg Collector, you shouldn't need to SPAM lots of dinos. Tame in moderation and keep your heard to a reasonable number. As always, general ShadeCrest rules apply, including the Don't be a Dick rule. Have fun out there!

    I'm going to be restarting the server a lot today as I apply mods, tweak configuration, etc.
    This is running on ShadeCrest official hardware with Max's blessing. :)
     
    Last edited: May 19, 2016
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  2. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Here's the current modified settings. These will be tweaked heavily based on feedback:
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CbRCJDBPuXRFHGOqx5hC4x_ZCLGtSTjMzUj3uAUGbIg/
    Look at the Settings tab.

    Mods
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CbRCJDBPuXRFHGOqx5hC4x_ZCLGtSTjMzUj3uAUGbIg/
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=667875586
    If you use that link and subscribe, it *should* pre-download all the mods before you connect to the server.
    If you don't do that it will download on connect, but you'll get a lot of timeouts.
     
    Last edited: May 13, 2016
  3. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    A bit of an update. There are still some settings I need to tweak, but all the mods are installed and for the most part things should be pretty solid.
     
  4. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    ARK server status is now on the sidebar. You can also click on the link to connect directly to the server. I THINK that most of the configuration changes are complete so people are free to connect and enjoy
     
  5. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Doing some more testing, found a few settings I had in the wrong config file.

    There's still an issue where it's trying to re-download the mods again when a client connects which is weird. It's making such that connecting takes way longer than it should.
     
    Last edited: Apr 18, 2016
  6. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    After lots of play-testing, wild dino damage and health values where way too high. Things where insanely difficult to kill. Rebalanced some of the stat scaling so it doesn't scale at the same multiplier as humans. I forgot that humans scale linearly per point invested, where as dinos scale exponentially based on the amount of points spent per stat so if you give them the same multiplier, dino health and dmg values get stupid at 120+.

    Also with the changes to XP scaling from 1-150, XP exponentially falls off every 20 levels, so while I felt we where leveling too fast 1-20, now that I'm 20, it feels like we're leveling too slow 20+ so, so I upped the xp multiplier back to 5.

    Finally, I have confirmed all the settings I intend to be working are in fact working including the item and corpse decay timers.
     
    Last edited: Apr 18, 2016
  7. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Added the reusable grappling hook mod since it's pretty popular.
    Fixed the mod load order to hopefully fix some mods which aren't really working.
    Fixed a duplicate mod entry which may be causing problems with the loading mods issue on connection.
     
  8. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    After doing more testing, removed the Cooking Extras and Refigerated Trough with Ark Advance mod which adds those things and tons more: the http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=572277026. Also tweaked the engrams per level. If anyone wants a free mindwipe tonic for those who have been playing a lot, I'd be happy to give you one considering all the changes.
     
    Last edited: Apr 19, 2016
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  9. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Similarly to CookingExtras and Refig Trouch, also removed Arc Furnace, Industrial Grinder, Electric Furnace, Electric Fab because all 4 of those mods have better versions of them in the Ark Advance pack.
     
  10. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Nerfed XP gain and engram gain per level because it seemed way too high once you start killing higher level dinos.

    Disabled the "Kibble Cooker" that is part of the Ark Advance park.
    I'm contemplating disabling the "Advanced Egg Collector" as well. I'll have to test it to really decide whether it's overpowered or not.
     
  11. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Did a huge tweak to the XP curve. The mod owner who provided a 150 level xp curve completely screwed the pooch and it stops scaling at level 100. It grew linearly from 1 to around 60. Also from around levels 60-100 it stops growing even in the same linear fashion. Changed the xp curve to be a smooth exponential curve from 1 to 150. Early leveling should feel the same, mid level leveling should feel slower, and late leveling should feel kinda painful as intended.

    If your stats or engrams are completely hozed, let me know and I can give you a mindwipe tonic.
     
  12. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Latest ARK update looks like it fixed the long connection lag issue.
    "Fixed timeouts that people were getting connecting to servers that used lots of Mods"
     
  13. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Revamping the kibble system to this:
    http://images.akamai.steamuserconte...291/EBC1730DB3DBC444FD3B2A9276470034D0048D47/

    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=667054698

    It's more balanced and less insane compared to the default kibble progression.
    I believe calculators will still be accurate just substitute the favorite kibble for what the appropriate favorite should be.

    In an effort to reduce our overall mod footprint, removed some mods which where kinda not as useful. Those included the non-collision cables (since the advance cables are much better), the Pub mod (since it's textures are meh), one of the cage mods (since Metal Cages is better).
     
    Last edited: Apr 21, 2016
  14. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    After further testing, the "Kibble Revamp" looks like it is incompatible with the "Improved Dinos - Rare Spawns" mod.
     
  15. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

  16. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Last edited: Apr 26, 2016
  17. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    After doing further testing, it turns out the Rare Spawns mod causes a lot of issues with newer dinos spawning. It apprently uses the same ID's as recently released dinos like the galimimus. So while we love that mod, it has to go, which makes room for us to add the kibble mod.
    So....
    Removing:
    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=479929837

    Adding:
    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=667054698

    Changes going in shortly.

    Use this kibble chart for knowing what kibble is prefered for a dino.
    Besides that, calculators should still be accurate.
    http://images.akamai.steamuserconte...291/EBC1730DB3DBC444FD3B2A9276470034D0048D47/
     
  18. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Sigh, removing the Improved Dinos - Rare Spawns mod killed a lot of tamed dinos.

    If you lost anything, let me know and I can respawn / tame it for you.
     
  19. CyberVic

    CyberVic Well-Known Member VIP

    Kibble mod doesn't work as intended. Removing.
     
  20. creeperkiller132

    creeperkiller132 Active Member Creative Architect

    i've played ark for a bit now (he he he) ;) and i would really recommend going for a different map then "the island" map. My personal favorite is the valhalla map which is a lot bigger then the original map and has a lot more going for it and looks beautiful