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  • Community Crunch 425: Aberration Launch and your new buddy, Cosmo!

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    Survivors, the countdown is almost over! On September 4th, dive into the new Aberration Ascended for ARK: Survival Ascended and explore fresh challenges. For those with Bob's Tall Tales, the Steampunk Ascent expansion is ready to take you even further into the unknown.

     

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    • Launch Date: 4th of September
    • Time: Later in the day US Schedule -- we'll have a more accurate timeframe on release day!
    • Rates: We'll be increasing the rates for Aberration Official Servers to be equivalent to our 2x evolution events (so 1x servers get increased to 2x, and non-1x servers get a +2 increase on their rates), and this will run for the first two weeks of Aberration's launch

     

    And a quick update on some of the different projects we've been working on:

    AMD FidelityFX Frame Interpolation: This is working on all platforms, across all hardwares. So with the Aberration launch, players can expect to see an approximate 80% performance gain on consoles and PC (assuming they weren't already using frame generation).

    Unreal Engine 5.4: The upgrade work is mostly complete. However, we're still putting it through our internal QA processes as there are a lot of changes that we need to make sure are stable before we can release this out to the wild. We're currently targeting sometime between October 15th and November 15th as the launch window for this update.
     

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    Aberration Ascended is more than just a map— it’s a complex ecosystem filled with dangers and beauty. Its treacherous landscape of eerie caves and intricate biomes will be yours to explore. Additionally, the free community-voted creature, Yi Ling, will join your ranks. This agile, wall-climbing raptor brings a deadly edge to your survival strategy with its razor-sharp quills and ability to adapt to many situations. 

    Bob's Tall Tales will expand once more with Steampunk Ascent, an expansion that takes you beyond the underground chaos of Aberration and into a world where gears, cogs, and steam power reign supreme. This paid expansion is free for all current Bob's Tall Tales owners, offering an exhilarating mix of innovation and adventure. Meet Cosmo, the web-slinging shoulder pet with a knack for getting you out of tight spots, and partner up with Sir-5rM8, your indispensable automaton companion, as you traverse the mechanical marvel of Steampunk Ascent.

    Whether you're braving the depths or exploring new heights, we cannot wait to see you thrive in this dangerously alluring and unforgiving environment!

     



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    These coordinates correspond to several ratholes on The Center map that are will be fixed with the launch of Aberration. This is just the beginning, and we will continue to monitor and address more in the future.

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    Our partners at Snail Games are excited to announce Season 2 of Official Conquest coming September 6th!

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    • 24 servers will be launched on Friday, September 6th at 10 am PDT.
    • The tribe limit is set to 25 with tribe Alliances allowed.
    • Limited Tek enabled (Tek structures, Tek Rifle)
    • No cave building or rat holes.
    • 0.5x Mating Interval.
    • 5x XP, Harvesting, taming, and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation)
    • Additional servers will be announced at launch.
    • Maps include The Center, The Island, Scorched Earth, and Aberration.

    Jump into the Conquest Discord to mingle with the community and stay up to date!

     


     

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    This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Tuesday, September 3.

    • PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
    • Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
    • ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding

     


     

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    Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form

     

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    Creator: Syntac

    An Acrocanthosaurus tries to trick Syntac while he's attempting to tame it!

     

    Creator: Welyn feat. Porgie & ZChum

    Welyn, Porgie and ZChum had a dream of a paradise on the back of an Oasisaur. Will they make their dream a reality?

     

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    Shadowmane And Pyromane by 0-KRIS-0

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    6 minutes into Aberration be like: by @alkonavi

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    Art doll Dimetrodon by sayvaris

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    On this day, on this glorious day, I ascend! by @AShadowStone

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    Me and my friend's ARK survivors living their (not) best life by ampreh

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    The Arks of The Island and Scorched Earth over a corrupted Earth. by penguinlover583

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    Art doll Dimetrodon by sayvaris

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    ARK-Cake that I made by elisalein

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    Wyverns vs Birds by lolsatlance

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    Photo Mode by cosmicman5455

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    Photo Mode by zenith114

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    Antrodemus by @Muni_ark

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    Enjoy your weekend!
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    No doubt pc players will get the update first at which us consoles will be on the back foot once again..please add console only servers WC.

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    9 minutes ago, FishAndChipies said:

    PC-Spieler werden das Update zweifellos zuerst erhalten, wobei die US-Konsolenspieler erneut im Hintertreffen sein werden. Bitte fügen Sie WC-Server nur für Konsolen hinzu.

    Danach EU also nicht weinen

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    2 hours ago, DarkDraken17 said:

    Dude Aberation is goint to be great! i just hope they dont ruin it by adding something stupid.

    Too late

    Singed: Sir 5rm8

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    2 minutes ago, MMaas said:

    Zu spät

    Singed: Sir 5rm8

    Wieso wurde schon eine Zeit bekannt gegeben habe da nichts gesehen 

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    1 hour ago, arkgerman1975 said:

    Wieso wurde schon eine Zeit bekannt gegeben habe da nichts gesehen 

    That was not what the "Too late" was about lol
    (Read the comment I responded to)

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    I love this game. I hate this company. I hate the people here that are entertained by janggling keys. I hate that snail games is just doing the minimum and expecting more money. It's sad.

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    Why do they do this now? Increased rates for 2 weeks?!?!?!?! If content was available sure sure.... but why make new maps easy mode for 2 weeks kinda takes away the survival/grind aspect of this game smdh

     

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    Könntet ihr bitte das blockieren zum Sachen herunterladen laden stoppen das nervt echt, die neuen spielen fragen ja doch nur ob ihnen jemand etwas gibt ohne selbst dafür zu sammeln oder zu züchten 

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    It's September 5th. And the map isn't out yet... 

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔

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    So what's that now, 2 delays within 24 hours of the originally planned release time? Completely unserious company 🤡

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    43 minutes ago, bajcli said:

    Was soll das denn nun, 2 Verzögerungen innerhalb von 24 Stunden nach dem ursprünglich geplanten Veröffentlichungszeitpunkt? Völlig unseriöses Unternehmen  🤡

    Alle guten Dinge sind drei 

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    1 hour ago, bajcli said:

    So what's that now, 2 delays within 24 hours of the originally planned release time? Completely unserious company 🤡

    If anyone is actually surprised by this at this point, I question how you could possibly function in daily life....

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    24 minutes ago, banggugyangu said:

    If anyone is actually surprised by this at this point, I question how you could possibly function in daily life....

    I'm not surprised about a few delays but more than 1 delay per day???
    Somebody realy needs to do a reality check.

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    The updated release time is roughly 1.5 hours from now. 

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    18,000 hours in total going back to 2015 .. nothing surprises me any more. 

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    38 minutes ago, Joebl0w13 said:

    Der aktualisierte Veröffentlichungszeitpunkt beträgt ab jetzt etwa 1,5 Stunden. 

    Ah ok dann schaue ich mal in 1 stunde nach der neuen Verzögerung 😃 

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    Might want to update all of your promotional material.... it's getting close to Sept 6th and Aberration STILL isn't live. It actually IS Sept 6th in some parts of the world right now!.

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    Well here we are 6:32 PM EST in the United States... on September the 5th and we have YET to see Abberation Map drop. Are we even going to get it today or are you gonna delay it yet again?!? Does WC or even Snail Games READ these forums?!? Sometimes I seriously wonder...

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    On 9/4/2024 at 3:01 AM, GP said:

    And yes I can trust what they say when I use my commonsense. Of course not everything should be trusted though such as release dates and stuff.

    Well, I am sincerely glad that you are able to trust them. If you are able to enjoy ASA and able to like the company behind it then that is very good for you. I remember being so happy. It is my hope that you will always be.

    For me though, I just can't. They've told far to many outright blatant lies. I'm not sure if there is anything they can do to regain my trust. 

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    Where is there even room to play? All servers are full before my download was done.

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    Wherever the light passes through too many layers of trees and leaves, the shadows on the ground are a flickering mess. Light shafts through the trees blink as well.   I think the devs expect too much from UE5 Lumen here, it isn't precise and fast enough for this level of detail.  You need make some custom baked lighting and shadow maps, or wait until GPUs are fast enough to path trace faster and more precisely.  Otherwise, massively reduce the complexity of the overhead geometry that is casting shadows.

    This lighting issue in UE5 problem is present in all maps and other UE5 games in general, it's just made incredibly obvious by the design choices in Aberration.   The devs indicated there was a patch to remedy it, but as expected it didn't work as this isn't something you can just patch.

     

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    On 9/5/2024 at 11:17 AM, arkgerman1975 said:

    Alle guten Dinge sind drei 

    So do deaths

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