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  • ARK: Survival Evolved - The Center arrives on Xbox and PC!

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    The Center, a massive new ARK map which was created by modder Ben Burkart, is the first to be made into an Official Mod, following the announcement of the Official Mods Program. 

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    Venture through The Center’s stunning new biomes and caves so large that they facilitate their own living eco-system. 

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    The massive map doubles the in-game playable geography of the already enormous ARK landscape making it roughly 70 sq. kilometers. The Center is filled with stunning lighting effects, lava rivers, giant picturesque mountains, misty floating islands, ancient underground ruins, enormous ice caves, and of course beyond the breathtaking sights lay dangerous threats and mysterious secrets to unravel with you and your tribe-mates.

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    The Center is free for all ARK: Survival Evolved players, and for those who have yet to adventure into the mysterious dino-inhabited world, you’re in luck as ARK: Survival Evolved is now on sale for Steam Players for 33% off and on Xbox One via the ID@Xbox Program for 25%-off for Gold Members and 15%-off for Silver Members! 

    To get a hold of the DLC for Steam, just head over here and you'll be able to pick it up for free!

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    The Center was crafted completely by hand without any auto-generated content, it will use it’s own save data, with separate options to reset the save data for each individual map. We’ll also be launching new 100-player Official Servers and today’s update will also include additional content and fixes:

    Xbox:

    • Added all content up thru PC patch v240 (includes such things as Broodmother Arena, Megapithecus Arena, Direbear, Manta, Chem Table, Prim Cannon, Lystrosaurus, Arthropluera, Sabertooth Salmon, Primitive Bola, Tribe Rank Management, and more!)
    • Fixed memory/crash issues, massively reduced game memory overhead
    • Improved rendering performance by approximately 10%
    • Fixed the huge stall/lock/crash when you "Transfer" a bunch of items at once
    • Spawn-In First Person Animations are now playing properly once again
    • ADDED The Center Official Mod Map! Doubles the playable game area of ARK, with all new adventures -- added Official The Center servers supporting up to 100 simultaneous players!

    PC:

    • Added The Center Official ARK Mod/Map as Free DLC
    • Added new 100-player 'The Center' Official Servers
    • Improved Non-TrueSky Sky & Lighting (+ SM4/Mac/Linux)
    • Significant server PhysX & Networking optimization
    • Added option for PvE Servers to disable building around critical resource node regions
    • You can now pickup and toss Dodos & Dung Beetles. Rejoice!
    • 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.
    • Added server option to override per-Item Crafting costs
    • Added server option to override the loot tables for each kind of supply crate
    • Added server option to limit number of members in Tribes. Default: no limit.
    • Warmap now dynamically shows the mini-map texture of whatever level you're playing on!

    Good luck on your adventures and unravelling the mysterious Survivors! 

    All the best, 

    Wildcard Jat and the ARK: Survival Evolved Team

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    Does anyone know when the mods will be available for xbox and how we will be able to use them?

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    2 minutes ago, katkurosumi said:

    I looked it up *hope i did it right* its like 7:55pm for yo right now? so in about 5 minutes so in other words 8pm? (hour mark if im wrong xD)

    Ya that's right. I have a frind who lives in England he's 6 hours ahead

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    3 minutes ago, EvEnTuAlChIcKeN said:

    I'm in iowa so I'm just patiently waiting just like you lol. These next 7 min are gonna be hell lmao

    xD right I am supposed to be typing a Research paper right now but half just sitting on xbox waiting >> (I plan to finish paper while update loads lol)

    As far as mods you mean the Map I am guessing its going to be selected. I mean okay in single player you go to Host/Local there at the top left it says "The Ark (Official Ark)" I am guessing there will be an option under that called "The Center" so you just highlight that one before entering the game. 

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    Just now, katkurosumi said:

    xD right I am supposed to be typing a Research paper right now but half just sitting on xbox waiting >> (I plan to finish paper while update loads lol)

    As far as mods you mean the Map I am guessing its going to be selected. I mean okay in single player you go to Host/Local there at the top left it says "The Ark (Official Ark)" I am guessing there will be an option under that called "The Center" so you just highlight that one before entering the game. 

    Well ya that helps too but didn't they say we would get other mods as well? I know not right away but like the anunake genesis mod and stuff like that

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    Just now, EvEnTuAlChIcKeN said:

    Well ya that helps too but didn't they say we would get other mods as well? I know not right away but like the anunake genesis mod and stuff like that

    Perhaps later there may be a tab of some sort but as of now I don't think mods are a huge thing being brought to Xbox as of next few updates. So having them just under some categories already available will suffice for now.

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    4 minutes ago, katkurosumi said:

    Perhaps later there may be a tab of some sort but as of now I don't think mods are a huge thing being brought to Xbox as of next few updates. So having them just under some categories already available will suffice for now.

    I'm so sad right now. It says updates released but it hasn't updated for me yet. Lol

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    1 minute ago, EvEnTuAlChIcKeN said:

    I'm so sad right now. It says updates released but it hasn't updated for me yet. Lol

    Did you try turning off your console then turning it back on because I did that and it started to update =3

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    2 minutes ago, katkurosumi said:

    Did you try turning off your console then turning it back on because I did that and it started to update =3

    Did u do a hard restart or just a normal power down?

     

    Edit: it worked like magic lol

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    Just now, EvEnTuAlChIcKeN said:

    Did u do a hard restart or just a normal power down?

    Just normal power down. I don't think ive ever done a hard restart before.

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    1 minute ago, katkurosumi said:

    Just normal power down. I don't think ive ever done a hard restart before.

    Idk why Im shocked at the fact that it's 10gb but that caught me off guard lol

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    Are we going to see Primitive Plus today as Well @Jat? or is that a later update?

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    gonna do a modded let's play on this map starting next week... stay tuned ^^

     

    Annunaki Center baby!

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    for those that are wondering where the Primitive Plus mod is Jen Answered me on Twitter. Thanks Jen! B|:Hatchet:

     

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    I've been playing on the center map for a while now. Now that it is an official map I really hope I don't have to restart on the official one. (EDIT) I tried to load up my single player game on the mod version and EVERYTHING was gone. Not just my playing world but my character, the foliage, and ores, not only that but the world had completely broke. Everything lost...

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    2 hours ago, RubyChaosWolf said:

    I think we are gonna need the expanded Boundaries for Non-Dedicated servers since this map is so big people won't ever get to explore it all like the people on PC. Glad to see that there is a new map added though, I few youtubers I follow have been playing this map (I have too on PC but solo :( ) And I am really excited to explore it with friends. a suggestion though for the next map would be to add Valhalla its a really nice map and one of my favorites.

    a link to the valhalla map on PC.

    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=504122600

    Valhalla is not even close to being finished, a lot of terrain bugs, some dinos still don't spawn, and a few spots don't respawn trees and ores. I played it for a while but being able to look under the world in a ton of places and not knowing if you were on a beach or dry land was quite irritating.

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    hey guys are xbox official servers up yet? cant find um

     

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    27 minutes ago, coffeene said:

    I've been playing on the center map for a while now. Now that it is an official map I really hope I don't have to restart on the official one. (EDIT) I tried to load up my single player game on the mod version and EVERYTHING was gone. Not just my playing world but my character, the foliage, and ores, not only that but the world had completely broke. Everything lost... both the official map and the mod are....um, how to put it? basic....nothing on them but ground and water.

     

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    1 hour ago, RavenKiller09 said:

    Mine is stuck at 93% been that way for the last 30 min

    happens with all my games sometimes,,, sadly just gotta restart

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    Still not got the update so i just gotta wait an see if it will download over night.

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    Still no update 4 hours later and when i try to join a regular server it kicks me out the game should I try to re-download it or what?

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    Apologies if this has been answered already. .

     

    But if anyone has started playin the center map on xbox are you able to transfer items from the ISLAND map to the CENTER?

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    10 minutes ago, StevenS15 said:

    Still no update 4 hours later and when i try to join a regular server it kicks me out the game should I try to re-download it or what?

    You have to hard reset the xbox to get the update its 10gb

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