Community Crunch Contests: 81, 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!

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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!

[TheCouchPotatoYT]

Hey there! So I'm deciding to enter into th ARKvideo and ARKITECT as well. Here my entries!  

ARKvideo 

ARKITECT 

 

[Syntac]

My submission for ARKitect, A neat little resource farming building to store a Snail Farm, Penguin Farm, Dung Beetle Farm and eventually an Ovis Farm

Some images of the build http://imgur.com/a/D0IOZ

 

[Samckinnon]

Loved the vid syn good job and grate build 

 

[Wolf Angelus]

I put together a complete experience for Lunar New Year using ARK materials. The ARKitect, ArkVideo, and Ansels are meant to create an immersive experience. I always thought the lighting and festivities to be quite neat.

Contents: Lunar New Year - Complete Package Edition.

This week I am presenting my most insane and favorite build ever done! It took an incredible amount of work and patience. I have so much more I want to do for this theme that it will be a 2 part build as individual builds because it is next to impossible to place any more (fps drops to 5 down from 30 with each building mode placement).

By the time I finished, the pieces count is over 45,000 (Platform itself is 4,250, and another 7,000 in Pillars and work underneath the stage) due to the huge amount of small detail bits.

I am definitely most proud of this creation and was amazed the video is as smooth as it is.
(You can tell I really love my Wolfies by now :3 )

ARKitect Submission:

Now travelling to the Asia, in time for Lunar New Year....

Wolf's Trip to Feudal Japan!
(Yes, that is supposed to be an Okami Wolf. I thought it was really appropriate to tour while on him)

Screenshot Promo's:
#1 http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/105107777339160181/A1337874063788952763A2E749FEE41AD46D38D3/
#2 http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/105107777339161328/83DDE4C63F31016966B66E6DDBE2ED8A26F34536/
#3 http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/105107777339160620/FAEE5950931EF43673B54A94D672FB811C7606FC/
#4 http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/105107777339162295/136972BA91629A82402AA461F8BE2344820E38FE/
#5 http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/105107777339163122/073A4FA5EE6B42F51EFC0DFE9C8187013C7A772D/

 

ARKVideo Submission:

Title: A Sad Tale of a Traveler and his Companion, Okami.
(After trying many times, this was the best quality with only a 35 second stutter window that only appears on the recording software, don't know why it keeps happening when it didn't the other day :<  )

Story & Concept to the Video: Ultimately, this should really pull your strings at feeling the emotion of sadness and those fears of being completely alone, yet in a beautiful and unknown world as the duo are alone and find no life in sight, wandering hopelessly as they try to it. As we find out from their travels, there is only sadness......  The emphasis is on the combination of visual and audio sensory triggers to create the experience and tell the tale passively from however you want to interpret it.

The video is a spin of Classical Japanese videos that tell a tale of a person through no dialogue and focus on atmospheric/scenic, mystery, drawing out emotions (typically meant to be a sad tale), and allowing personal deep thought to come up with your own understanding of the situation. I found some perfect music to help with the audio portion to do exactly what I am going for.

I wanted to try something new and unique and we haven't really had an ARKVideo like this and it fit to my Japan themed build so perfectly, so why not :3 . It was fun and I love spending time in this build.

(Skip from 4:31 - 5:05 if you want bypass the stuttering)

 

PGM Submission:

Map Name:  Mysterious Lands

PGM Settings:
PGMapName=MysteriousLands
PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=132;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=4.5;Mountains Frequency=7.0;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=0.15;RWBiomeSize=0.12;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=0.7f,Y=0.7f);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)
 

[Valoule]

Hello ! A very big one for this arkiteckt contest  

http://imgur.com/a/2K3Oy  Full album here ! 

Ark Oil refinery : 

[UniteTheClans]

Hello Ark geeks,

I wanted to submit another entry for ARKVideo! I expect the ARKitiect competition to be out of my league, but I will share another house building tutorial! This first build guide I ever submitted to this forum was The Log Cabin, and that video has been responsible for a lot of folks discovering my little channel. So with that in mind I put together Log Cabin II. I hope you enjoy!

Log Cabin Build Guide:

and if you like I have a playlist with 8 other step-by-step tutorials for your to check out

Build Guide Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ayFmwdjIl4&list=PL0oKOXN7XUjKeHfCzN-ZAGWyH8Pu0DxjC&index=2

Best of luck to the other builders and video creators entering this week!
-UTC

 

 

[AxeMan]

Hey here is my entry this weeks ARKVIDEO, the first part of my water base, finishing off the other half as we speak and should be ready in time for next week  

-AXEMAN

[LameWolfProductions]

Lame Wolf's Submission to ARK Video

THE HAIR FORCE

Upon inspecting his new recruits, a Drill Sergeant discovers that some of them are sporting hairstyles typically deemed unfavorable for newbies. Enjoy!

 

  

[Kovko]

Hello guys!

This is my PGM Submission for this Crunch, it's called Bronto Island, hope you enjoy it

PGM Settings:

PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=669;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=6.145416;Mountains Frequency=9.225989;Mountains Slope=2.213382;MountainsHeight=0.704662;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=0.388339;RWBiomeSize=0.05988;MountainBiomeStart=-0.661069;MountainsTreeDensity=0.01;JungleBiomeStart=-0.673399;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)

 

 

[EXFIB0]

Here is my submission for this weeks ARKVideo:

 

And here is my PGM submission:

PGMapName=ProceduralARK20170128032051
PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=736;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=3.705454;Mountains Frequency=12.186895;Mountains Slope=1.984948;MountainsHeight=1.169245;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=0.517341;RWBiomeSize=0.029827;MountainBiomeStart=-0.543194;MountainsTreeDensity=0.01;JungleBiomeStart=-0.617403;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.1;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.05;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.5;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

 

Good luck to everyone!  

[Stoneydradon86]

ARKitect Submission:  Light Of Adall  By StoneyDragon and Chaos 

 

 

[MamaNaco]

My submission to ARKitect. I already know it's not as good as some of the ones above, but I can't wait any longer to submit it. ^^

 

 

[MeeMaw]

ArkVIDEO submission

Having too much fun being the Pink Panda.  This time however, we get busted in the act!

Good luck everyone!

 

[kortniechan]

Here is my entry for video competition this week for crunch #81

Join Kortniechan in the brutal and exciting world of Ark Survival Evolved on the famous POOPTOPIA Annunaki ARK Server!! In this episode we witness an epic drake / dragon battle ! and we tame ourselves a Bad Ass Fire Spino right below our base!
Let's learn all about what it takes to survive in this harsh world and have a lot of fun along the way!

If you like the video show some support - Smash that thumbs up button! 
and remember to Subscribe for more Epic Adventure!!
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8fu...

 

[SWChris]

Here's my submission for ARKVideo. This one is a philosophy type video on how to survive the Trump administration. I use ARK dinos and structures to illustrate some key concepts. We talk about the nature of truth, what it is, how to tell truth from falsehood and how hard that can be, and at the end I give some practical tips for doing that over the next four years. I also try to have a bit of fun with it, so it's not such a downer. Enjoy!