I saw that awesome ARK: Survival Evolved Cartoon “Dodo Death Squad” on Steam. This just reminded me of the first hours playing Ark. I hope you will like it. If you ask me it is hilarious.
ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 194.0 – Patchnotes
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 194.0, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
Official Servers
- Moving most servers to new faster host! Better official server framerates, woot!
Dino Changes
- Only Female Dinos lay eggs now 😉
- You can no longer mount a dino if you’re snared in a Bear Trap
- Alpha predators now give 4x the regular amount of resources and nothing but prime meat!
- Added Alpha versions of Carnotaurus and Utahraptor — they buff less than the Alpha Rex, however.
- Picking up your own Tamed Dinos’ eggs no longer aggros Wild Dinos of that species 😉
- Titanboa now has damage overlay
- Sarco tail has proper IK [Inverse Kinematics -Ed] again
Game Changes
- Activating the Flare Gun when riding a Dino will now automatically shoot the Flare upwards
- Your selected Survivor Spawn Region is now remembered when reconnecting your client
- Barricades (Metal and Wooden) can now be painted
- You can now eat/drink when caught in a Bear Trap
- Can no longer ride a dino that is snared in a Bear Trap… gotta free it first.
- You can no longer mount a dino if you’re snared in a Bear Trap
Server Features
- Server Admins can now disable Taming on a per-Dino basis via their config
- PvE server admins can now enable building in Caves via their config
- New Server’s “GameUserSettings.ini” values:
[ServerSettings] AllowCaveBuildingPvE=true
or
?AllowCaveBuildingPvE=true
- And in Server’s “Game.ini”, to prevent Taming of specific Dino’s:
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] PreventDinoTameClassNames="Argent_Character_BP_C" PreventDinoTameClassNames="Ptero_Character_BP_C"
. [You can find those ID’s on our List of Dinosaurs, -Ed]
Bugfixes
- Fix for bodies sinking into floors upon reconnecting/reloading
- Fix for one last case of possibly erroneously entering Spectator mode
- Harvested resources now properly respawn in singleplayer/non-dedicated host!
(Original Announcement on Steam)
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (193.1)
ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 193.1 – Patchnotes
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 193.1, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
Bugfixes
- Fixed an issue where clients might sometimes not get the Spawn menu if dying very soon after connecting to an online session. Servers do not need to update to get this fix, is purely a client-side change.
(Original Announcement on Steam)
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (193.0)
Dino Dossier: Dungbeetle
ARK Survival Evolved Gamescom 2015 Trailer
Check out this new trailer that was published on the occasion of the Gamescom 2015. Among other things it features the charming upcoming snow biome.
Other content in the video should come as no surprise to the advanced survivor. Many of the new dinos that were introduced since the last trailer are featured, such as the Spinosaurus. We see an epic fortress precariously built on a cliff, as well as several large battles.
Dino Dossier: Direwolf (Canis Maxdirus)
ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 193.0 – Patchnotes
New Elements
- New Items: Small and Large Bear Traps, for locking players and dinos in their tracks!
- New Structure: Stone Behemoth Gate
- New rare “Alpha” T-Rex can be found that is bigger and meaner than the regular T-Rex with distinct color schema, gives a unique cosmetic (and a ton of XP and resources) if you defeat it. It also buffs the resistance and damage of nearby carnis around it due to its Alpha-pack dominating status. You can’t tame it… yet… but we’d like feedback on whether the community would be interested in more of this direction.
Gameplay changes
- Tamed Dinos now lay Eggs over time without having to leave them alone i.e. they now do it in real-time and you can watch them… o_O
- Dealt with the Trilobites’ resources: they now clamp resource harvest amounts (no overdamage.. we need to ween off that , they only yield pearls and oil rarely, and they are significantly less common in the shallows.
- More dino blood overlays, & option to disable Dino blood overlays
- Stone harvesting settings are back at +75%. An underlying change with the harvesting system had inadvertently affected them, thanks for the reports
Bugfixes
- You can no longer damage Tamed dinos thru Walls/Structures (prevents cheaping out people’s dinos from outside their bases)
- Fixed bug where clients sometimes couldn’t see the equipped items/saddles on characters
- Aquatic dinos swimming against water surface is now perfectly smooth, doesn’t result in a hard-stop of your character anymore.
- Added the rest of the Dino Damage overlays
- Canteens are no longer consumed when making soups
Server changes
- Misc Spectator mode improvements (alphabetical player list, no longer considered “idle” for kicking, fixed sometimes getting into spectator mode when not desired, etc)
- New Tribe Governance Option for Structures: Tribe Owned, Admin-Only Demolish
- You can now properly enter spectator mode after dying without getting stuck at a black screen
- Fixed various server crashes
- Dedicated servers can now optionally load custom maps via ModID diectly , rather than having to specify the map name directly, using this syntax:
-
ShooterGameServer.exe -MapModID=485317707?GameModIds=487516323,487516324, 487516325
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Mod: Sedative Longneck Rifle Dart
It has been some time, but now the first usable mods are available to subscribe on Steam Workshop. The “Sedative Longneck Rifle Dart” Mod was made by potatojoe, it adds new sedative ammunition for the longneck rifle. This is a really strong narcotic: A level two Bronto just needed four darts until it was stunned. Personally, I think its a little bit too strong for a multiplayer server at the moment. I also would have liked darts to remain for on the dino body longer.
Installation
Singleplayer
- Subscribe to the mod on Steam Sedative Longneck Rifle Dart
Multiplayer
- Follow these instructions (by the author): http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/483375014/535151589887940674/
Recipe:
1 x Simple Rifle Ammo (ID: 144)
12 x Narcotics (ID: 123)
5 x Fiber (ID: 76)
Requirements:
Engram: Longneck Rifle
Engram: Narcotic
20 Engram Points
Level 35
Dino Dossier: Oviraptor
ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 192.0 – Patchnotes
These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 192.0, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
Item Changes
- Sickle now yields 3x the amount of Fiber it was previously harvesting per stroke.
- Canteen can now be properly filled up at a Water Tap.
Creatures
- Lots more Dino Damage overlays (almost all of them), and now properly dissolves away
Server Changes
- Various Spectator Camera and control improvements
- Primitive Servers now have the missing engrams: Feeding Trough and Sickle
- Reduced aggressive immediate dino repopulation to avoid server lag spikes
Bugfixes
- Fixed Function and Middle Mouse Wheel keybindings work again
- Fixed a bug that was causing hitchy startup/loading on Mac/Linux and memory spikes on some dedicated servers
- Players should not randomly become spectators anymore
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (191.0)