Community Crunch Contests: 79, NVIDIA ANSEL, PGM CONTESTS!

[Jen]

Hello Survivors!

Each week we run community contests for all players (all platforms included where possible) where you can win lots of cash prizes! Below are the different type of contests that take place. Try your hand and share some of your creations with us today!

ARK NVIDIA Ansel Photography Contest!

[SUPER RES VERSION]

This weekly screenshot competition asks players to take in-game photographs from either ARK: Survival Evolved or our new desert themed expansion pack ARK: Scorched Earth using NVIDIA Ansel, and meet the category requirements listed below.

Winners will be announced during ARK’s regular “Community Crunch” blog post. Each winner (3) will receive $100 each and each runner up will receive $50. Want to enter? ARK-Ansel screenshot entries should be e-mailed to anselcontest@studiowildcard.com

If you need a place to upload a file for the contest, make use of Wetransfer which will allow up to 2gb for free!

Three Categories

• Super Resolution: These should be taken at 8x Super Resolution. Players can optionally use Depth of Field effects accessible in Spectator mode by pressing the [Delete] key.
• Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D: These should be taken at 4x Super Resolution,  in 360 Stereoscopic 3D mode. We will crop them to 2D for web display, while also providing the 3D version for viewing within VR display. Check out your 360 Stereo results on your HMD or on your Android Phone with NVIDIA VR Viewer 
• Freeform: Any settings, whacky and creative use of Ansel filters are encouraged. Adding humorous titles/captions in Photoshop is also acceptable for this category!

When entering the contest please name your entries and make sure that they include:

• Name
• Image Title
• Category

An example would be

Wildcard Jat - Evolution Event - Super Resolution

Ansel is a revolutionary new way to capture in-game shots.  Compose a shot from any position, adjust with post-process filters, capture HDR images in high fidelity formats, and share the screenshots in 360 via a smartphone, PC or VR headset. Learn more about these features in the Ansel Technology page and the NVIDIA blog.

How to run NVIDIA Ansel

First of all, you'll want to make sure you're running the latest Nvidia Geforce Drivers - so head over to http://www.geforce.com/ and get downloading!

Once setup and ready to go, right click ARK: Survival Evolved in your steam library and you'll see the option to Launch ARK with NVIDIA Ansel

Select this and head into a single player game, regardless of the map or the mod. Once you're in game, you can immediately press ALT + F2 to get into Ansel Photography mode and start taking snaps.

or you can type in the following command in the console:

cheat enablespectator

Once that is enabled, hit your DELETE key and it'll open the Depth of Field Options menu where you can play around with the games DOF.

Then hit ALT+F2 and take some awesome Ansel photography!

Here's a little tip from Jesse:

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You can also type "enablespectator true" in the console to fly around before you take your shot, and hit the "Home" key to level your camera if you want to keep people from feeling sick on a 360 stereo VR screenshot.

Procedurally Generated Maps!

Welcome to the newest contest in our Community Crunch, PGMs! Players will be able to show off their creations for a chance to win a 100$ Steam Gift card or $50 cash for runners up, plus get their map featured in the next set of Official Extinction server maps! That's right, your map could be featured as an Official Server for a one month period!

Please include the following in your entry post:

• Map Name:
• Media (Videos, Screenshots, etc):
• PGM Settings:

Media content of your procedurally generated map can include videos, screenshots, and live stream vods - anything you want in which we'll be able to visually see how your map looks. You can even get players on it and have them build or battle out a PvP game to show what it's capable of! 

The PGM settings used to create the map can be found your game.ini - That's most likely in:

Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Game.ini

or

\Saved\Config\Windows or WindowsServer or LinuxServer etc)\Game.ini

[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
PGMapName= ...
PGTerrainPropertiesString= ...

For extra details about PGM, check out this thread here:

And of course, if you are using a special modded Procedural ARK Generator, let us know and share it with us!

ARKitect!

This is an award ($200 prize for first and $100 for any runners up) given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judge based upon a number of different factors such as their creativity, uniqueness, how fun of a base it is, the difficulty of building it, the functionality it provides and much more! At the end of each week, the winners and runner-ups will be featured in our #ARKitect section of the Community Crunch and will be awarded cash prizes! 

Note: We've had a lot of requests regarding the use of mods - go for it! We'd love to see how mods have influenced your bases

ARKVideo!

This contest is open for all types of video be they funny, epic, scenic, stories, whatever inspires you. Winning this content will net you a $200 prize for first and $100 for any runners up. Just a general reminder that they should remain safe for work, think of the children! Send us in your videos and we cannot wait to watch them! We're really interested in seeing the latest video creations you guys have put together - so show us something fresh!

Uploading the images

Please upload the images to the gallery section of our New Community Hub - you can create your own album and directly link us to that or attach it to your post! Please remember to post your entry to this thread specifically! If you're not able to upload directly to the gallery, don't sweat as imgur will work fine too!

http://survivetheark.com/index.php?/gallery/

Looking forward to seeing the entries!

[Monkeypuzzle]

Hello fellow survivors,

I'd like to submit my Scorched Earth Paracer Tank for ARKitect this week. It is primarily intended for taming rock elementals with head shots from any of its three cannons, mounted and shielded on the sides and rear. Laboomba (the paracer's name) also has a nice fashionable and protective metal skirt on the cannon sides. She was a max level tame for our server (level 180 at difficulty 6) which makes her plenty tough herself.

The build's most novel feature is that it has double walls and foundations so that its tough metal outer layer is lined with adobe for thermal protection. Otherwise it would be a metal solar cooker for roasting players.

Here is an imgur album of the Paracer Tank
http://imgur.com/a/WN3AX
(I can't get the hyperlink to work for some reason)

Some caveats: this build took 128 pieces and so it requires the game configs to be set to 4x the meager default of 32. Wildcard constrained it mainly due to the toll platform saddles take on the game engine, but on private and unofficial servers that are under player capacity, it is fun and feasible to raise it.
Also I know it would still be vulnerable in pvp; it's meant for clobbering rock golems on a pve server.
 

I do the initial build and test it in this video:
 

 

I add the skirt in this following vid and use it on another rock golem. It also explains how we finally managed to get mantis eggs so that we could kibble tame the golems from here on.
 

 

I hope you enjoy checking it out and hopefully you'll find some useful inspirations.

[Arahli]

Hey everyone!  Here is my submission for ARKitech this week!  

I wanted to build a nice sized workshop in the depths of the Eastern Swamps.  The primary goal was to use the inside texture of the wooden walls for the outer layer of the Workshop and to mix it with some stone and glass.  This was built using the Structures Plus mod.

Hope you like it!  

[Amo387]

I'd like to submit this for the ARKVideo this week. We got a good dozen or so of us together for an epic start to season 3 over on the Pooptopia server.

I joined up with Pooptopia, and now I'm jumping off volcanoes.

I hope you enjoy how we decided to kick things off!

[GP]

Here's my first entry for ANSEL Free Form.

Theriz tore through my screen!
(Only wanted to get her egg!)
http://gamerperfection.com/Theriz_tore_my_screen.png

 

And my second entry for Super Resolution.

Pre-emptive Troodon Attack!
http://www.gamerperfection.com/Pre-emptive Troodon Attack.jpg

 

[Voxesto]

Hey up, survivors! This is my first submission for the ARKitech Community Crunch! There are no mods used in the building of the The Swamp Observatory, and what a perfect fit it would be on a Role Play server, "Take your kids to see all the swamp creatures in their natural habitat, or get up close in the glass enclosures!"

I really enjoyed building this one people so show some love for all those Beelzebufos out there!  

Hope you all love it.

 

 

[nskvideos]

Hello Everybody, My name is NSK from Singapore

This is my first submission for the ARKVideo! Community Crunch! I am playing on a mac so I have lousy graphics, but I did a "Pineapple Apple Pen Parody" in 2 languages, hope you enjoy it as did I making it.

Keep making videos everyone and stay frosty

 

 

 

 

[UniteTheClans]

Hi guys! I like to share my step-by-step house building tutorials whenever I have a new one to share! Consider this a submission for ARKVid and ARKitect please!

his is The Garden House, built using the structure plus mod. My goal with these is to make the best looking, most unique houses I can, so I spawn in the structures and paint and try to get creative with the time I save grinding materials. You guys are always super supportive when I share one of these, so thanks in advance, and if you would like to watch the whole collection instead you can click this playlist link! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0oKOXN7XUjKeHfCzN-ZAGWyH8Pu0DxjC

Thanks geeks, and thanks for making this community crunch thing so great Wildcard!
-UTC

 

[koreamedia]

Hello, This is the first time I post my video for competition. This is how I and users in my server hunted the boss, Megapithecus. It took a lot of time to make this video. Broadcasting was really fun with my users. They failed a lot, but finally they figured out how to kill the ugly Megapithecus. lol. I personally edited this video and made music for it. Sound samples are all from Ark Survival Evolved game itself. The caption work was quite tedious, but I did it anyway. Enjoy it. We love Ark Survival Evolved. Amazing. Yeah~~

[TheCouchPotatoYT]

Hey there everyone! I decided to build something pretty neat for this past montage Monday. I built my own Ark Cathedral! This is my take on what one would look like. Come and check it out!  Hope you enjoy and have a great day!  (ARKitect)

 

[CGNetwork]

Hello Everyone I am CGNetwork or more Newly known as 'Morrlex'

This is my first submission for the ARKVideo! Community Crunch! 

I've decided to choose this wonderful cinematic map showcase on the map "Ragnarok" that was so dearly loved by the devs

 

 

[AxeMan]

heyy people!

The AxeMan here:

My entry for the ARKVideo Community Crunch is showcasing some of the amazing work going into the arkmon mod which replaces the dinos with pokemon!!

 

 

[Myndmelt]

What's up Dino Hunters! This is my first submission for ARKVideo! This video is shorter (11 Min) that shows the Ralphie The Raptor and his unfortunate events. There just MIGHT be a funny ending to this one

 

[Randomperson]

Hello everyone! I'm submitting this video to the ARKITECT Category! 

 

This is a bigger build of mine to house my boats and any platform creatures that i might tame up later on, as well as just a general front end to my base, the only mods present are the Structures Plus Mod.

It even has a giant letter 'R' on the sides for my name

 

 

 

Hope you enjoy! 

 

Cheers!

[Valoule]

Hello ! There my work for this week

ARK GOLF CLUB ! (Working ! Throw your poop, stay where it land and do it again until you reach the hole !)

http://imgur.com/a/SaFnt Full Album Hd here (38 pictures) 

 

[Starclan]

Here's my entry for the Arkitect. i made a watchtower on top of one of the rocks in the giant rock area. It's primary use is to relax and spend time with others.

Here's a link to my album: 

 

[Wolf Angelus]

What a terrible day, the Nintendo Switch Preorders sold out within a minute and while building the game took a large performance dive rapidly while working on my build below, leaving a somewhat shorter than planned layout.

This is a large build again, I told myself I would stick to smaller and simple but that isn't happening as complex and difficult are in my blood. My shoulder got sore from all the precision placement haha.

If this fares well, I will make some more "trips" to other locations.

ARKitect Submission  :3

Now Travelling to...

Wolf's Trip to Venice, Italy

 

Promotional Screenshot: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/106232555631854632/E817F3A605A212B42A28CE427F45E11B558CFF20/

 

PGM Submission:

Map Name: Slumber  (Because that is the only word on my mind after the the non-stop time spent on the Arkitect above)

PGM Settings:
PGMapName=Slumber
PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=38;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=3.2;Mountains Frequency=8.0;Mountains Slope=2.05;MountainsHeight=1.95;Turbulence Power=0.0125;Shore Slope=1.0;WaterLevel=-0.72;GrassDensity=1.0;JungleGrassDensity=0.05;ErosionSteps=4;TreesGroundSlopeAccuracy=0.5;DepositionStrength=0.5;ErosionStrength=0.75;OceanFloorLevel=-1.0;SnowBiomeSize=0.20;RWBiomeSize=0.18;MountainBiomeStart=-0.35;MountainsTreeDensity=0.06;JungleBiomeStart=-0.65;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.2;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.007;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.5;SnowMountainsTreeDensity=0.03;TreeDensity=0.005;JungleTreeDensity=0.55;RedWoodTreeDensity=0.031;SnowTreeDensity=1.2;RedwoodGrassDensity=0.07;ShoreTreeDensity=0.32;SnowShoreTreeDensity=0.04;DeepWaterBiomesDepth=-0.24;InlandWaterObjectsDensity=0.5;ShorelineStartOffset=0.01;ShorelineThickness=0.015;MountainGeneralTreesPercent=0.15;TerrainScaleMultiplier=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f,Z=1.0f);SnowBiomeLocation=(X=0.8f,Y=0.8f);RWForestBiomeLocation=(X=0.35f,Y=0.35f);NorthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);SouthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=1.0f);EastRegion1Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);EastRegion1End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3End=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f);WestRegion1Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.0f);WestRegion1End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3End=(X=0.25f,Y=1.0f)

[nakedzombo]

 

Here are our submissions for ARKVideo!

 

 

 

 

[SirShade]

The Night Sky (Volcano map)

[Freeflier181]

I realize that I can't submit these to any contests, but I'd really like if they ended up in the community crunch:

If anyone's interested, they're for sale, and I'm doing commissions:

[LameWolfProductions]

Lame Wolf's Submissions to ARK Video

BORED AT SEA

This video follows the tragic tale of a pirate crew led by Captain Fakebeard (we should have waited for the new patch!) who spent too much time at sea and, as a result, got very very bored. We hope you enjoy it!

 

[Kovko]

PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=724;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=5.160967;Mountains Frequency=10.111149;Mountains Slope=1.350023;MountainsHeight=1.147305;Turbulence Power=0.0125;Shore Slope=1.0;WaterLevel=-0.72;GrassDensity=1.0;JungleGrassDensity=0.02;ErosionSteps=4;TreesGroundSlopeAccuracy=0.5;DepositionStrength=0.5;ErosionStrength=0.75;OceanFloorLevel=-1.0;SnowBiomeSize=0.102945;RWBiomeSize=0.218205;MountainBiomeStart=-0.709752;MountainsTreeDensity=0.01;JungleBiomeStart=-0.625387;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.1;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.05;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.7;SnowMountainsTreeDensity=0.01;TreeDensity=0.003;JungleTreeDensity=0.66;RedWoodTreeDensity=0.35;SnowTreeDensity=1.0;RedwoodGrassDensity=0.1;ShoreTreeDensity=0.05;SnowShoreTreeDensity=0.025;DeepWaterBiomesDepth=-0.24;InlandWaterObjectsDensity=0.5;ShorelineStartOffset=0.01;ShorelineThickness=0.0015;MountainGeneralTreesPercent=0.1;TerrainScaleMultiplier=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f,Z=1.0f);SnowBiomeLocation=(X=0.2f,Y=0.2f);RWForestBiomeLocation=(X=0.5f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);SouthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=1.0f);EastRegion1Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);EastRegion1End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3End=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f);WestRegion1Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.0f);WestRegion1End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3End=(X=0.25f,Y=1.0f)
PGLastPreset=0

Hello guys :),

This is my PGM Submission for this Crunch. Hope you like it.

[UniteTheClans]

I love that you guys made a Kraken video and didn't do a super click baity thumbnail. Ill say it again--The Lame Wolves are all class. Great skit guys!

[DTS]

DTS - First steps - 360

http://imgur.com/a/mcqqm