ARK Digest Q&A!

[EchoingTime]

3 hours ago, Gamingleader149 said:

there already is a command to join a tribe without invites ForcePlayerToJoinTribe <PlayerID> <TribeName>      or if your not able to get into your tribe somehow even after trying that command, you can try the givetome command on all of your stuff to get it back

Ah thank you!! 

[BlueHood]

will we be getting more social, eating, and drinking emotes? It'd be awesome to come back to base, hang up our tribes newly acquired alpha wyvern trophy, sit down around the table, toast a beer and chug one back with the mates.

[WoefulMacabre]

3 hours ago, BlueHood said:

will we be getting more social, eating, and drinking emotes? It'd be awesome to come back to base, hang up our tribes newly acquired alpha wyvern trophy, sit down around the table, toast a beer and chug one back with the mates.

" Upcoming Version: v251.0, ETA: Nov 23
- ARK: Turkey Trial 2! New challenge and cosmetics! Earnable Emotes! (this system also enables Mods to add more Emotes to the game!) "

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Is there some form of limitation to Post Process materials that can be used via this method? I have several complex-ish PostProcess materials that will work perfectly fine either when added to the GPPV(GlobalPPVolume) directly, or via a dirty workaround at run-time on a client-by-client basis, but when used in the Buff' explicit Post Process Effect and added to the additional array for the PGD, absolutely zero of the effects work.

Some of the materials make use of the CustomDepth buffer for a "highlighting/outlining" effect. As the same effect is shown to be working in the reveal trailer, does that mean this is a current limitation and has since been overcome internally - in regards to being used in buffs - or is there some key point that needs to be considered when doing these kinds of materials for PostProcessing.

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EDIT: Secondary question(s) that just jumped into my head as I begin a refactoring of my Admin Command Menu mod:

Can we possibly get a function that can return all child classes of a specified class, NOT actor references but an array of returned class references (so pass in the PrimalItem class for example, and return every class that is a child of that class including all childs of those and childs of those and so on until the end of the hierarchy is reached);

And;

Potentially a secondary function that takes a class input and can return the path to that class as a string, i.e the same that you would get from 'Right Click > Copy Reference' on a file in the content browser(Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/... etc.).

In my Admin mod, I have an array of almost 700 structs that I needed to create by hand, because the Master list was abandoned in the PrimalGameData some time ago, to facilitate easy and simple spawning of items, but if I can generate the spawn commands dynamically at run-time by assessing all valid classes, it nullifies my need to update the mod with every content release, plus it would be a pretty neat feature to have in the editor.

References:
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/216411/get-all-child-blueprints-of-parents-not-just-those.html
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/92651/get-blueprint-class-by-string-in-c.html
https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/182569/how-do-i-get-the-folder-path-of-an-actor.html

-WM

[alledgedbow4802]

Could you please add the RB on Xbox to switch camera angles from 1st to 3rd person please? 

[Deepz]

Will you add a que system for full servers on xbox?

[PAUSED]

Hi Ark Devs, a few questions about Primal Survival.

1. Will there be balancing systems for larger, more powerful dinosaurs like the Titanosaur?

2. Could nests function as feeding troughs for nearby pack members? This would be very convenient for some people with hunting, etc.

3. Is there a confirmed release date for the mod, or will there be one soon?

[Playeggy4]

Will we ever be able to upload our dinos front the center map and transfer over to the island?? my tribe doesn't play on the center map anymore, but we would like to keep some of our dinos 

 

[spoop]

Now that the tek tier had been shown, will dinos recieve some lower level battle armor like the previously mentioned cannons?

will we see more items for the Low and midgame levels?

[ZmanMenofShenanigans]

Can we get rid of the platform weight limit, it has made metal runs infinitely harder and seems to be around 50% not 20. Our 1200 weight q can only hold about 2000 metal.

[TsavoLion]

- Can we get a better option in the settings for a limited HUD where we can just turn off tamed dino names? Currently disabling "Floating Names" in the settings does this but it also works against wild dino's that you want to spyglass to see their level and gender in regards to a potential tame.

- Can we get a option in the settings to disable "Dino Head Turning" and "Dino Tail Swaying"? Nothing more annoying then trying to re-position a dino or pick up dino eggs and you keep getting knocked back and fourth because your dino's want to look at you or tail swipe you away.

- Can we add a variation of the Whip where you can collect dino eggs without causing the dino to move? Currently there are dino's where the only way you can collect their eggs is if you pick up or move the dino's themselves. The hitbox or radius around the body of the Pelagornis for example is too big and stops anyone from collecting eggs directly underneath them.

[Skalekz]

- Double handed simple pistols/weapons maybe swords as well

- Shield not working while mounted is this intended?

- Will there be a some sourt of balance patch before 1.0, many things feel op and viceversa.

 

[Bilbo Baggins]

Will there be a advanced server filter in the future? Like, not show Annunnaki servers in the list, or show servers without mods, it is pretty hard to find the perfect server!!

[shooterC33]

Will breedin wyverns be possible in the future right now it says enable wander to mate but no red love hearts

[RedDwarf]

Modder here.  Would it be possible to fix the bugs that prevent modders from reliably adding modded engrams to the vanilla crafting structures?   Currently modders are forced to make the items craftable only in inventory, or force players to find room in their base for yet another crafting station.  Thanks!

[Mendoza]

I'd love to see wild herbivores actually eat and consume bushes and trees when they are hungry. Is this possible? - would really add to the immersion combined with herds...

[TWrektz]

Certain creatures with Eye shine at night? Just to make night a little easiyer but at the same time terrorfiying? 

[slowercoolio]

I read somewhere you guys will be finishing up the Xbox play anywhere feature sometime in December, with the release of this will it be possible to host servers on Xbox with a PC? Or even rent servers for Xbox?

[Tomtoyer]

How will migrations work? And what dinosaurs will migrate?

[Tomtoyer]

There are too many dinosaurs for such a small map. Will you do something about it?

[Xassin]

1. I came to the Halloween Event late as I was struggling to fix my private unofficial server. I finally fixed it about two days before the event ended and did not manage to bag all the skins or a zombdodo  I was curious if in the future if an option could be added to keep special events going on unofficial servers?

2. I was also curious about if a more realistic way of taming could be added. I find knocking creatures out fun and all, but it might be more interesting if there was more reality to it, much like how humans domesticated wolves.

3. Why did the Ark team decide to go with the inaccurate approach to creatures in Ark? Even though it's been known for quite a while that dinosaurs like Utah Raptor had feathers covering their body and avian scales not reptilian scales.

    Thanks for any info you can give me if you decide to answer this,

                                                                                                            Sincerely,

                                                                                                                  A dedicated Ark Player

[Tomtoyer]

What kind of things we will see once applied the advanced artificial intelligence for the dinos?

[Tomtoyer]

With the new system "Procedurally Generated ARKs". Will we have gigantic randomly generated maps?

[Fable666]

I have been playing for awhile on the center map and it crashes to the dashboard after about 30 minutes. I can't get anything done. I play on an undedicated server and if the game won't be fixed then I don't know what else to do please help I can't create a ticket cause you don't offer support for Xbox yet. Please help I wanna play ark.

[Tomtoyer]

In the "ARK Dev Kit" there are a lot of animations like: drinking, sleeping, mating, etc... We will see this animations added to the game? 

[Jac0b]

Have anyone in the studio ever played a real time strategy game on console? Ive played Command and Conquer (PS1 & XB3) & Halo Wars 1 + 2 (XB3/1). There are many ways i could see the UI being changed to be super user friendly. During the Live stream on Twitch I spammed XBOX- SOTF about 300x to get any answer on release windows or problems you may be having that prevents information coming out. What i gathered was that "no one would want to play sotf on a controller" at least, thats what I heard from one streamer in the 35 hour stream. I hope you guys realize a controller scheme is NOT impossible for SoTF and I would be sad to see you drop this game mode for fear of figuring out a solid way to play this fast paced mode on the Xbox. I also am hopeful that you realize there is no game like SotF on the Xbox and you could be the first.