Jen Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch! The Community Crunch is where we share important things going on with ARK, as well as host contests and showcase creations made by the community! Let's get started with some news. Mysterious Mysteries: Introducing ??????? What an intriguing discovery survivors, can you guess what creature it is? Xbox Play Anywhere & Rentable Servers! We have some information to share on the Xbox Play Anywhere and Rentable Servers front. Unfortunately, due to the weather and some other unavoidable circumstances, our plans for mid-month have been slightly pushed back. Our current timeline is looking like the end of the month, but when we get closer to that we'll be able to provide you with a more specific date. We're still hard at work on all of these aspects; allowing players to rent their own PC Servers, as well as all the fun with the Windows 10 Version of the game and Crossplay between Xbox and Windows 10 Players! ARK Digest 48! Here is our question and answer session with Lead Designer, Lead Programmer, Co-Creative Director of ARK: Survival Evolved, and Co-Founder of Studio Wildcard: Jeremy "Drake" Stieglitz! Survivor JozaSeraf asks, “So now when titanboa's are tameable, is there possibilaty to add them some sort of turret mode? Like they only bite until target is unconscious? That way we can have pits full of snakes and drop dino's in.” Quote Yeah, we’ll add a general AI option for dinos to only attack Conscious targets. Survivor TranqRex asks, “You’re not able to Scorched Earth on a Player Dedicated Server unless you own the DLC. Will this be changed, as you can host on PC without.” Quote Unfortunately not, because we can’t download the necessary content files onto the game client without the player having ownership of the DLC itself. Survivor Hazelnut20 asks, “Could you create a 'flee' aggression status, so that if something hits your dinosaur, that it runs away, instead of standing in direct line of fire?” Quote Sure, we’ll add that -- no guarantees as to how effective it’ll be against a determined attacker, however! Survivor Hosscat asks, “Being an achievement hunter and enjoying some of the challenges ARK gives to obtain some of the achievements I was excited to see The Center map had its own specific achievement. Will more achievements for other maps be released, such as Scorched Earth or Ragnarok only achievements?” Quote Yes, when Ragnarok is done, we’ll add Achivements for it. Scorched Earth and Aberration will also be getting achievements. Survivor AbeHikura asks, “are the future expansions already decided by the team (hence the season pass) or are you guys carefully monitoring us for inspiration? Will these expansions be the same or larger than Scorched earth (content wise)?” Quote We’ve got the third Expansion in early design phase -- though much of its content is yet to be determined and will also be in response to continued feedback. Beyond that, we’ll be in continuous brainstorming mode Survivor Mendoza asks, “Have you considered any further the decision to make above ground beacon drops fully random?” Quote We’ll be adding a configuration option for this in the very near future. Survivor TheGamingGomer asks, “Will we get splitscreen on console player dedicated servers? My brother and our friend would like to be able to play together without having three consoles or all getting on at the same time.” Quote We can’t do it because the tethering logic is necessary for splitscreen to function properly, and the tethering logic only runs in non-dedicated mode. Survivor Ulkusus asks, “Command/execute on starting ark: scan your steam achievements and update your local profile accordingly so one can get skins back after a reinstall of the game?” Quote Yes, we will do this. Probably doesn’t need to be a command-line either, can likely just run upon each startup. Will investigate ASAP. Survivor EternalUniverse asks, “Can we please have a respawn protection (ya'know when you respawn and you are into that animation that takes a long time to finish and then you get spawn killed by a dino?)” Quote We’ll make a respawning player not targetable by Wild Dino AI’s. Survivor Nightmare2772 asks, “Will Aberration feature a new plant species? Plant Species Z maybe? I like the idea of a huge carnivorous plant.” Quote It will, and it’s called Plant Species Z :-P Survivor KraziestKraken asks, “This is kind of a random question, but is the woman riding the raptor on the box art Helena? I've always thought so, but i'd like confirmation. “ Quote As a matter of fact, she is. Survivor NeckRipper asks, “Will the dlc content of Aberration carry over and be usable in the other Arks like the island, center and rag?” Quote Yes, just like with Scorched Earth. Survivor Nch1418 asks, “First, are there plans to expand the story into the newly announced Aberration expansion and the other expansion coming in 2018? Second, will we be getting Explorer Notes from any new characters besides the six already introduced? Third, any small hints on what the 2018 DLC is going to involve or what it will be centered around (e.g. further story content, etc.)?” Quote The story continues in Aberration and reaches a climax in the third DLC, where All Is Revealed in an epic conclusion. Each Expansion introduces new characters and raises the stakes, while continuing the story of the characters who have survived previous ARKs (they might not make it out alive from subsequent ARKs though!). 1 Survivor Gibsy asks, “Are you guys still going ahead with the revamp of the older dinos? If so when are we likely to see it” Quote We have our design plans worked-out here for the Dino TLC pass, and it will be implemented and released this year. ARK: 2x Evolution Event Weekend! Survivors across ALL Platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It's already live now and will remain active until Monday the 7th at 12PM EST. All Official Servers will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: 2x Harvesting Rate 2x Taming Rate 2x EXP Rate 2x Maturing 2x Hatching 2x Gestation 2x Faster Mating Interval Rates Community Contests! Player Procedurally Generated Maps! The Procedurally Generated Map system allows players to make their own ARK maps by determining a myriad of landscape options from the heights of mountains, depths of valleys, and the number of lakes, rivers or oceans, to the kinds of each biome they want, and more! Let's check out the entries for this weeks contest! This week's contest winner is... Wolf Angelus! PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=916;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=4.3;Mountains Frequency=12;Mountains Slope=1.99;MountainsHeight=.9;Turbulence Power=0.0125;Shore Slope=1.5;WaterLevel=-0.72;GrassDensity=1.0;JungleGrassDensity=0.05;ErosionSteps=25;TreesGroundSlopeAccuracy=0.5;DepositionStrength=0.01;ErosionStrength=0.01;OceanFloorLevel=-1.0;SnowBiomeSize=0.10;RWBiomeSize=0.10;MountainBiomeStart=-0.48;MountainsTreeDensity=0.06;JungleBiomeStart=-0.535;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.2;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.007;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.5;SnowMountainsTreeDensity=0.03;TreeDensity=0.004;JungleTreeDensity=0.35;RedWoodTreeDensity=0.0125;SnowTreeDensity=1.25;RedwoodGrassDensity=0.035;ShoreTreeDensity=0.31;SnowShoreTreeDensity=0.04;DeepWaterBiomesDepth=-0.24;InlandWaterObjectsDensity=0.5;ShorelineStartOffset=0.035;ShorelineThickness=0.0087;MountainGeneralTreesPercent=0.15;TerrainScaleMultiplier=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f,Z=1.0f);SnowBiomeLocation=(X=0.35f,Y=0.35f);RWForestBiomeLocation=(X=0.55f,Y=0.55f);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) If you'd like to learn more about PGMs, please check out our quick start guide: NVidia Ansel Photography Contest Super Resolution Version: http://images.nvidia.com/ansel/SuperResolution/ARK-SuperResolution1/ARK__Survival_Evolved_HighRes_2016_09_01_-_14_38_36_55.html ARK: Survival Evolved and the Scorched Earth Expansion Pack now include support for NVIDIA Ansel -- a revolutionary new way to capture in-game shots. Compose shots 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 from the NVIDIA blog. Now let’s get to the contest! There were 3 potential categories for survivors to enter their shots into and they were the following: 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. Freeform: Any settings, whacky and creative use of Ansel filters are encouraged. Adding humorous titles/captions in Photoshop is also acceptable for this category! And now without further ado, here are your entries! You’ll want to click on the image title to be able to download the maximum size image, we’ve resized them for display purposes Super Resolution! Winner! Blue Dragon - The ARK Network Runners up! F1r3fly - Ragnarok Ocean View Wolf Angelus - Go For The Throat Ego - The coming of Wali al Asvad Honourable Mentions! Blue Dragon - Blaze Burn Blue Dragon - Crystal Flight Blue Dragon - Homo deus Blue Dragon - Phoenix Flight Blue Dragon - Star map Blue Dragon - Super heat Ego - The Magic of Ascension F1r3fly - Cross-over Norlinri - Alliance Norlinri - Dragon Norlinri - Followed Norlinri - Hurt Norlinri - Purification Norlinri - Ragnarok arena Pollti – happy otter family Pollti - the beast attacks StateofMynd42 - Barbershop Quintet StateofMynd42 - Pyrotechnics StateofMynd42 - Totally Rad StateofMynd42 - Rize Of Phoenix TheSlayerNL - Wyvern Tower Valoule - Alien Map Valoule - Beautiful on the outside Valoule - Gift from the skies Valoule - Gifts Valoule - Last challenge Valoule - Last Wisp Valoule - Second before to die Wolf Angelus - Sneak Attack Wolf Angelus - Wildfire Smoke Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D! Winner! Valoule - Stars Honourable Mentions! Blue Dragon - Victory Valoule - Gift from the skies Wolf Angelus - Before the Sun Rises Wolf Angelus - No Way Out Freeform! Winner! Wolf Angelus - IT Runner Up! F1r3fly - Raiders of the Lost Ark Honourable Mentions! Blue Dragon - Thug Life Cheb - Ancient Pillars Cheb - Desert Shootout Cheb - Mind the gap Starwolf23 - SharpDressedDudes StateofMynd42 - You Otter Know Teagana - Demon Tapejara Valoule - The Tek cave club ARKVideo! This contest is open to all types of video be they funny, epic, scenic, stories, whatever inspires you. Just a general reminder that they should remain safe for work, think of the children! And without further ado, the ARKVideo for Community Crunch 103 is... ARK: EPIC RAP BATTLE!! Ep 1 by RockyXGaming ARKitect! This is an award given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judged 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! The ARKitect for Community Crunch 103 is… ARK:Survival Evolved :: Gamescom & Pax West PVP Base Build!!! by GG Fizz! We'd also like to announce a runner up... Future Tek Zoo & Aquarium (Movie) - Ft. All current Dinos (excluding boss/event, special creatures) by Wolf Angelus! If you'd like to check out the submissions from the rest of the entrants, you can do so here: Fan Feature! Rusty the Jerboa - For everyone who's lost a tame in ARK! by F1r3fly ARK: Avatark Vikings | [Prologue] Where did we go wrong? by GG Fizz Inverted Outhouse?! : S4Ep6 : Gaming Evolved Server by Arahli ARK OF DUTY & Call Of The Wild with YOUTUBERS! Jade Plays Game Patreon Server by Myndmelt ARK WHERE TO FIND OTTER ON RAGNAROK - HOW TO TAME AND BREED - MELTED CHEESE RAGNAROK SERVER by Myndmelt Scenic Wedding Bridal Dressing Room :: Exploring ARK Ragnarok Official Map :: Cool Base Locations by SWChris Massive Castle/ Fortress Build on Scorched Earth Ark Survival Evolved by Travis138 ARK Survival Evolved by Dragonarcwar Ark Survival Evolved - Welcoming (PART 65) by gOOglyOwl My First Arkwork by Sp00ki "Dinner time!" by MYARKFATE1991 Omega Rex by milokamilohttp://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131131927 JW ANKY lvl 40 by milokamilohttp://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1134166567 How about the livyatan? by 睡鲨级核潜艇http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1132546762 Here comes the Mam-moth! by ⚡Shockal⚡http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131469926 Dossier: Gorgonopsid by Scanova the Carnotaurushttp://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1135552809 Dossier: Suchomimus by Scanova the Carnotaurushttp://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1135257689 Dossier: Mosasaurus by Scanova the Carnotaurushttp://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131259972 Archelon Dossier by OOF!!!http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1135178959 Map Ragnarok by Brayus Maulnushttp://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1135879919 That's it for this post guys! As always if you’ve got anything to share please get in touch and be sure to follow us on: Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark All the best, Studio Wildcard View full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Angelus Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Thank you :3 Hope everyone likes clowns, hehe It's totally a gecko-like fairy dragon with dragonfly wings, seen those in some other games before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myndmelt Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Congrats @RockyXGaming ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaiainruin Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Kind of annoying that someone asked a question about the achievements and mentioned the Center one, when it still doesn't work on Xbox and PS4. Getting tired of submitting tickets, tweeting devs etc. Would like to see a fix for that achievement before new ones are added to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpio Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 The mystery creature looks like a flying gecko mixed with a draco volan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshinemya Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Didn't really answer some important questions that are being dodged because it's proven you guys say one thing then do another without truly showing any care regardless of the community out-cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KensonVsGaming Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Whatever it is, it's cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KraziestKraken Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Great Digest. Also huge thanks for picking my question, that was a great surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyXGaming Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Myndmelt said: Congrats @RockyXGaming ! Thanks man! Wombat and I are both pretty pumped about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thylacoleo Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 put me in the screencap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlayerNL Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) O hey, my first attempt at making an Ansel shot made it in as Honourable Mention. The creature reminds me of this from Primeval Edited September 16, 2017 by TheSlayerNL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzureJ Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 I'd like more character customization as far as clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomiDarko Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Haha, that rap battle! Just a week after I commented that it deserves to be mentioned here! Congrats @RockyXGaming and "Rombat"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDragon Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Congrats @RockyXGaming I really do enjoy your videos : ) A flying-gecko like lizard? Kinda reminds me the ones from avatar that spin n fly lol. Counting down the days until the new expansion! I really like Ego's image that represents a explorers note. I think it would be really cool to snap screenshots depicting each note. Also, if the woman on the cover art is Helena, then would it be after she wrote all the explorer notes? This is also assuming that was also Helena in the live action trailer as well. I just always imagined her as more of a scientist rather than a warrior like Mei-Yin Li, especially since Mei-Yin Li had such a strong connection to her first raptor mount, Wuzhui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerkaesar117 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 This game gets better and better!!! keep up the good work guys!!! Yet…. Give us more aberration news!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerkaesar117 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 1 hour ago, BlueDragon said: Congrats @RockyXGaming I really do enjoy your videos : ) A flying-gecko like lizard? Kinda reminds me the ones from avatar that spin n fly lol. Counting down the days until the new expansion! I really like Ego's image that represents a explorers note. I think it would be really cool to snap screenshots depicting each note. Also, if the woman on the cover art is Helena, then would it be after she wrote all the explorer notes? This is also assuming that was also Helena in the live action trailer as well. I just always imagined her as more of a scientist rather than a warrior like Mei-Yin Li, especially since Mei-Yin Li had such a strong connection to her first raptor mount, Wuzhui. lol I thought the same! The new lizard looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralTalon Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 So we now have confirmation that the woman riding the raptor was Helena. She didn't look Chinese so there was no way it would be Raptor Queen Mei-Yin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDragon Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 5 minutes ago, GeneralTalon said: So we now have confirmation that the woman riding the raptor was Helena. She didn't look Chinese so there was no way it would be Raptor Queen Mei-Yin. Right, but it was just the way she appeared with the gun and on a raptor, which leads me to believe this was after the time she met Mei-Yin. Maybe she picked up some of her skills on their travels together before they left the island. Also, and I need to go back and check the notes, but when Helena was trapped in the cage, it looked like she had long hair back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 @Jen @Jat Another question about play anywhere, I plan to host a private server on my computer so that me and my wife can play on without the performance issues of non-dedicated. My question is, will we still be able to play split-screen on xbox on the server, and if not will i be able to play on my PC WHILE hosting a dedicated server assuming my hardware can handle doing so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CemeteryRust Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Is there any way we can get digging in the game, like Minecraft, so we can add basements and hidden stashes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralTalon Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 4 hours ago, BlueDragon said: Right, but it was just the way she appeared with the gun and on a raptor, which leads me to believe this was after the time she met Mei-Yin. Maybe she picked up some of her skills on their travels together before they left the island. Also, and I need to go back and check the notes, but when Helena was trapped in the cage, it looked like she had long hair back then. They should have had the dinos queen herself riding that T-Rex in the background, even if you can't tell it is her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nch1418 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 15 hours ago, TheSlayerNL said: O hey, my first attempt at making an Ansel shot made it in as Honourable Mention. The creature reminds me of this from Primeval I know right? Wouldn't it be cool if this mystery lizard actually was Coelurosauravus (the creature depicted in the photo), but mutated slightly because of Aberration's radiation? Rex takes flight once again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nch1418 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, GeneralTalon said: They should have had the dinos queen herself riding that T-Rex in the background, even if you can't tell it is her. So then, if Helena is on the Utahraptor, is that Nerva on the Smilodon (sabertooth cat)? Also, is that Raia on the fire wyvern for the Scorched Earth cover art? Also, on the final cover art for the game when it was fully released, it now looks like Helena is on a Baryonyx with a bunch of random characters on other creatures in a huge battle? What could all that mean? Edited September 16, 2017 by Nch1418 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echotheshadow Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Ok I'm at a loss for scorched Earth, what's it's importance to arks story? When does it take place? Will here be some sort of tek cave? Please ark give me Closure on scorched Earth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Jatheish Posted September 17, 2017 Administrator Share Posted September 17, 2017 19 hours ago, gaiainruin said: Kind of annoying that someone asked a question about the achievements and mentioned the Center one, when it still doesn't work on Xbox and PS4. Getting tired of submitting tickets, tweeting devs etc. Would like to see a fix for that achievement before new ones are added to the game. Sorry about that, we'll have it fixed for the next update on both platforms. 8 hours ago, Hughes said: @Jen @Jat Another question about play anywhere, I plan to host a private server on my computer so that me and my wife can play on without the performance issues of non-dedicated. My question is, will we still be able to play split-screen on xbox on the server, and if not will i be able to play on my PC WHILE hosting a dedicated server assuming my hardware can handle doing so? This is something I believe we're still working out with Microsoft, should know an answer within the 7-10 days I imagine. I will let you know as soon as I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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