AllThingsArk Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I GENERATED A MAP AND IT LOOKS AMAZING!!!! (XBOX NOT PC) Too bad I cannot play it. I thought I would share my experience with you guys as I have been playing Ark since the beginning and have been waiting for this feature for quite some time. Honestly, Ark, amazing job at this new feature, I just wish it actually worked. Here are the issues, please help us get these bugs corrected so we can finally start playing Ark again: Before I begin, take a look at this crazy map I generated! I mean, I was so excited to play this and host this as a dedicated server! It is too bad this is unplayable, in fact, I cannot even re-load the map even though it has already been generated. Here are the issues for anyone trying to achieve what I am trying to achieve (host a dedicated PGM) The Issues: It takes anywhere from 10 minutes to 25 minutes to generate a single map, seriously, I have timed this. I was able to play 5 ranked matches of overwatch before generating a single map. Think of generating a PGM like playing primitive plus and multiply the time it takes to load primitive by 5 (minus the crashing) You may be able to generate a map but playing on it is near impossible. Even when the map is generated, you will take 20-40 minutes to load the map, keep in mind I have fiber optic speed at 80MB/s with the brand new Xbox One S. The game will most likely crash when it says (writing to cache) at the last second even if you have waited 30 minutes. I have tested this 26 times now, thinking, it was at all possible, it is not. YOU CANNOT HOST A DEDICATED PGM AT THE MOMENT, LET ALONE PLAY ONE. If you do get one hosted, good luck getting your players to join, it won't happen, I was in a party with 6 people trying to load my map and every one of them could not pass the generating terrain loading screen, a couple times people got it but it was very rare. Conclusion: This feature is amazing, however, at the current moment it should not even be in the game, you cannot play, load or enjoy this new feature at all, I spent 4 hours this Saturday waiting for maps to generate only to be unplayable. There is a reason you are not seeing any PGM's in the dedicated server discussions! Nobody can actually get one up and running. If you have one up and running please tell me and I will be amazed. What needs to be done on Ark's side: Stop promising us features that are half-baked, if you are a contractor, would you build a house and give it to the owner half complete? No. I would rather get this feature when it is fully functional then pissing off your loyal customers, getting them excited and then leaving them in the dirt. Fix the loading time! I get it, it takes a while to generate a map, that is fine, at least work on the time just a bit! 30 minutes to load or generate is out of the question. Actually, make the map playable. Let us know the limits of all of the options, I believe these settings can easily break the map, making it so it does not load. Let us know the max limits so it atleast works. What I need from you guys! Please let me know your experience with PGM's. Voice your opinion in hopes that ARK sees this post and begins to work on these issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwinter Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Probably xbox issues. On PC: Load time under 5 minutes. After I generated the map it's normal time to join the map like the island or the center. I've created a lot of maps now and I haven't crashed yet. Now i'm just waiting for some updates to happen. You're constantly telling that you can't play on the map and they need to make it 'playable' Can you rectify this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllThingsArk Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 @Darkwinter yes, this is most likely issues with the game on Xbox, PC players are pretty lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisninjapants Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Trying to start one up right now as player dedicated. Have about 15 players waiting for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjfats Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Running one right now. Been running for about 8 hrs. Maxed out at 14 people. Many people spawned in trees, punch till your torp knocks you out should get you out. There are some people that cannot join but a hard restart helped a few of them. Also I think it has to be the first thing you load after you start ARK. Other words if you were on a different server first it may not let you get on a PGM map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisninjapants Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Update. We got the up and running. Players are getting in but its taking multiple tries to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisninjapants Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 10 hours ago, AllThingsArk said: I GENERATED A MAP AND IT LOOKS AMAZING!!!! (XBOX NOT PC) Too bad I cannot play it. I thought I would share my experience with you guys as I have been playing Ark since the beginning and have been waiting for this feature for quite some time. Honestly, Ark, amazing job at this new feature, I just wish it actually worked. Here are the issues, please help us get these bugs corrected so we can finally start playing Ark again: Before I begin, take a look at this crazy map I generated! I mean, I was so excited to play this and host this as a dedicated server! It is too bad this is unplayable, in fact, I cannot even re-load the map even though it has already been generated. Here are the issues for anyone trying to achieve what I am trying to achieve (host a dedicated PGM) The Issues: It takes anywhere from 10 minutes to 25 minutes to generate a single map, seriously, I have timed this. I was able to play 5 ranked matches of overwatch before generating a single map. Think of generating a PGM like playing primitive plus and multiply the time it takes to load primitive by 5 (minus the crashing) You may be able to generate a map but playing on it is near impossible. Even when the map is generated, you will take 20-40 minutes to load the map, keep in mind I have fiber optic speed at 80MB/s with the brand new Xbox One S. The game will most likely crash when it says (writing to cache) at the last second even if you have waited 30 minutes. I have tested this 26 times now, thinking, it was at all possible, it is not. YOU CANNOT HOST A DEDICATED PGM AT THE MOMENT, LET ALONE PLAY ONE. If you do get one hosted, good luck getting your players to join, it won't happen, I was in a party with 6 people trying to load my map and every one of them could not pass the generating terrain loading screen, a couple times people got it but it was very rare. Conclusion: This feature is amazing, however, at the current moment it should not even be in the game, you cannot play, load or enjoy this new feature at all, I spent 4 hours this Saturday waiting for maps to generate only to be unplayable. There is a reason you are not seeing any PGM's in the dedicated server discussions! Nobody can actually get one up and running. If you have one up and running please tell me and I will be amazed. What needs to be done on Ark's side: Stop promising us features that are half-baked, if you are a contractor, would you build a house and give it to the owner half complete? No. I would rather get this feature when it is fully functional then pissing off your loyal customers, getting them excited and then leaving them in the dirt. Fix the loading time! I get it, it takes a while to generate a map, that is fine, at least work on the time just a bit! 30 minutes to load or generate is out of the question. Actually, make the map playable. Let us know the limits of all of the options, I believe these settings can easily break the map, making it so it does not load. Let us know the max limits so it atleast works. What I need from you guys! Please let me know your experience with PGM's. Voice your opinion in hopes that ARK sees this post and begins to work on these issues. When i created my map i did randomized stats. I evened out all the huge decimals to round numbers. Started in single player and saved it. Took 2 tries to get it loaded and took the 10 players on currently 2-8 tries to get in. But we are up and running a pgm extinction. GT ArkServer661 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttons551 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 For some reason, the textures on the animal, the ground, and like a bunch of different stuff in my PGM look really bad. They have that blurry undefined look like when an area is rendering and the skin on the dinos don't look detailed like they normally do but blurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonevGoddess Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Trying to load into public servers and dedicated ones but can't seem to get in. Tried to host my self one and didn't work either. They need to fix this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley1325 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Little late to the party but as far as not being able to load a PGM on xbox, uninstall Ark, reinstall(with Scorch if applicable) and it should work. I was having a problem where I could create a PGM Ark but when I'd go load it as a Dedicated I'd keep dashboarding. Is currently running! Downside. Graphics took a hit with PGM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevans Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I've tried 3 of these custom maps now in single player and I've had to abandon 3. They crash after a day or two on reload.........and once it crashes once that's it.........I can't get it to work again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umpa2016 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 What we need here is two (or 3) separate subforms. Xbox PGArk & PC PGArk. Many of the crash reports are from XBOX users. There needs to be much more info of the individual settings that go in to generating a PGArk. You should not be able to generate an unplayable world. This needs addressing ASAP. FWIW for me at least the PC version of the game has none of these issues, only errors in generation due to the lack of setup information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDizzy81 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I keep spawning outside of the map, and cannot get into the map. Deleted the prior one and do it again, same results. This sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkOverwatch Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Still not playable, people should just stop playing ark, you can add all the items and dinos in the world but we have been playing the island and the center (bugged) since the game released, we need variety in maps or watch the fanbase go down the drain. Do us a favor and suprise us with a random expansion. Winter wonderland? Space map for tek tier? Extreme jungle map? Do something please!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natures Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 18 hours ago, ArkOverwatch said: Still not playable, people should just stop playing ark, you can add all the items and dinos in the world but we have been playing the island and the center (bugged) since the game released, we need variety in maps or watch the fanbase go down the drain. Do us a favor and suprise us with a random expansion. Winter wonderland? Space map for tek tier? Extreme jungle map? Do something please!!!!! You are literally posting in the PGM section saying we need more variety in maps. I'm playing on PGM and it's fine. Working as intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redkiller Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, natures said: You are literally posting in the PGM section saying we need more variety in maps. I'm playing on PGM and it's fine. Working as intended. So working as intended means long load times, disconnects, and players forced to use these crap maps on extinction servers? I fail to see the logic. Most of the posts here have been about disappointment, not applause. Yet not one word from wildcard, and not an update to this amazing "feature" in months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BubbaCrawfish Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I'm still using PGM... I don't find any issues with disconnects, the only thing that needs to happen is the old reconnect when connecting if from a cluster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew499 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I've noticed a lot of issues with the pgm's half the time while trying to log in ark will crash on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natures Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 On 02/02/2017 at 0:27 PM, Redkiller said: So working as intended means long load times, disconnects, and players forced to use these crap maps on extinction servers? I fail to see the logic. Most of the posts here have been about disappointment, not applause. Yet not one word from wildcard, and not an update to this amazing "feature" in months. Yeah, I'm enjoying it. The map I am on is amazing, and the rates make my experience much better which is why I prefer it to official. The only thing that seems broken is the Extinction timer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redkiller Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 On 2/8/2017 at 8:47 PM, natures said: Yeah, I'm enjoying it. The map I am on is amazing, and the rates make my experience much better which is why I prefer it to official. The only thing that seems broken is the Extinction timer. Well I'm happy for you, but I have my own issues with these overstatements from wildcard. Funny how there is not one reply from the devs, on any their multiple forums they run.... "Yeah rifles are made of thatch.... Yeah thatch!" - K.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkZoned Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I'm having the same issues with you.... good internet speed (check), PS4 with no issues (check)... ARK letting me generate before crashing OVER AND OVER AND OVER (CHECK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandoevsy Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I can load the map in single player and save it. Then load it as a dedicated. Have not been able to join it after multiple tries. It briefly flashes up on the create character screen then goes back to a generating terrain screen and freezes. Very disappointed. (Xbox One) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaiks Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I made maps before on the Dev Kit and the amount of resources necessary is immense. PGM should just be disable on consoles because they will never have the horsepower to generate a map. I run PGMs on my PC with no issues whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injunuity Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 i tried PGM once, loaded fast-ish even with all my mods. however the ground was so rippled that running was not an option, and the redwoods became a maze to get around as alot of the trees were so close together a jerboa couldn't squeeze through lol. when i exited to main menu, i couldn't delete my PGM, i had to get into the shootergame folder, find it and delete it manually instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddansen Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I've got a few pg maps and have no issues with them. I'm not hosting the server, just playing on my own but after the initial load time it takes the same amount of time as any other map i try. Though I am posting this month's after the original complaint. I'm sure you've got it all fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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