StudioWildcard Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 The vast oceans of The Center will shudder in awe when Shastasaurus makes its majestic arrival in ARK: Survival Ascenced. Although we're only showing a look at an untamed Shastasaurus, we're preparing to unveil this oceanic titan with its saddle concept soon! Download in full resolution We are landing on the corrupted world of Extinction for our next Community Creature Contest. What will be the fan-voted real-world creature that will launch with the map for ARK: Survival Ascended? Please note that this creature will be released for Extinction, so make sure your real-world submissions are in theme with that map! As previously stated, we’ll add an additional real-world creature for each expansion pack map release on ARK: Survival Ascended. Check out the Creature Submission Guidelines for more information on the submission process, and hop over to the Creature Submission Forum to see the current entries. We are looking forward to seeing your ideas come to life! The entry period will end at 1 PM Pacific on September 11th. The voting will begin immediately after and end on September 18th at 1PM Pacific. The winner will be announced in the Crunch of September 22nd. Make sure to check our Twitter on September 11th for the RankedVote link! *Note that the proposed features for the creatures from the submission entry are meant to inspire their design, but certain aspects may still be modified. To recap previous announcements, we have taken save games from the Official Network and have provided the files to you so that you can host your own server and continue the progress you’ve made on the Official Network. We have already taken one snapshot and intent to take another during the week of the Official Network Shutdown in September. Browse August save games here Nitrado servers using the Official Save games are now available here. You’ll be able to: Access to all official save games for all platforms – PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. Easily import the save game with one click using the web interface. Have access to a comprehensive guide and FAQs telling you everything you need to know about hosting servers. For more information, please visit this page. Remember we’ll be taking another save snapshot during the week of the Official Network Shutdown in September in preparation for ASA’s October release, with more details to come at a later date! In 2019, the launch of the Snail Games Initiative, Classic PvP, created an exciting and competitive playing experience for PC players. Throughout the course of the seasons, the meta was watched closely and changes were made to shake things up and create an experience tailored for PvP gameplay. Continue on the quest for the ultimate PvP experience with the introduction of Classic PvP Season 7! Classic PvP Season 7 is live! Check out Crunch 376 for all the details. Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Tuesday, September 5th. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: *Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagonSmall Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagonARKPocalypse: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagonConquest: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon Now through September 10th, players can pick up ARK: Survival Evolved for 50% off! ARK: Survival Evolved is now updated to the latest version of Unreal Engine 4 with improved visuals, increased performance and tons of new content! Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape! Get it on the Nintendo eShop now! Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form Creator: BitMoreDave When Myth Busters meet ARK: BitMoreDave is here to confirm or bust some ARK myths! Creator: TheGamingClassroom Join TheGamingClassroom as he discovers the joys of Megalania on The Center! Extinction by @WolfTek7 Kaprosuchus by ValmarBD Are you getting hungry? by @falco_luna Goofy color wheel by @Snudoo1 Rock Drake in the Red Zone by BumpySlays22 Raptor drawing by korrigus ARK sprites by aceofintuition Screenshot by renyisz Excellent work by Primeval Pickles by WickedNinjaGames Scorched Earth, aka The Map That Turned Me Feral by 13skeletons Enjoy your weekend!Studio Wildcard Twitter: twitter.com/survivethearkDiscord: discord.com/invite/playarkReddit: reddit.com/r/playarkInstagram: instagram.com/survivethearkTwitch: twitch.tv/survivethearkSteam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110Youtube: youtube.com/survivethearkFacebook: facebook.com/survivethearkThreads: threads.net/@survivethearkOfficial Wiki: ark.wiki.gg View full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeDonkaConka Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Pretty cool looking fella 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex171202 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Dios, que hermoso se ve el shasta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanoStel Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 It's... beautiful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicSkeleton Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Seeing as extinction is next on the list wouldn’t it be prudent to consider lifting the real world restriction? The further along into maps it goes the higher the number of non real world creatures gets after all. Would be interesting to see what people come up with when given more wiggle room 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallito094 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 it's lovely 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key26 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 El shastasaurus se ve majestuoso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelKevin94 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 This is absolutely amazing and huge, the artwork is great, outstanding WildCard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolical2020 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Looks awesome can't wait to see it with a saddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScuzzyUK Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 GIVE US XBOX SAVES TO HOST ON PC, THE GAME IS CROSSPLAY, IM NOT PAYING TO PLAY WITH THE STUFF YOU STOLE FROM US 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indozilla Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Amazing job Wildcard, lovely design and a worthy addiction to ARK. I am very intrigued with the dossier coming soon about the Lizard Whale of the Icthyosaurus'. Good luck to the Extinction vote, may the best and most fitting creature win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBManos Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Holy crap! that thing looks freaking majestic! Wildcard, you guys deserve a pat on the back for this Can't wait for the saddle concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slejo Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Nice concept art. But all these concepts submitting/voting became very boring. Please give us some news of things that will be released soon, not in 2 years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettskii Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 I hope the different companies see eye to eye so this game can be released to the world. its not just a US game and im hoping the political climate isn't impacting the development and release. I'm certainly not against buying it again. ill even buy the season passes. Just feed me the ASA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smilodon350 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Ok that looks sick af. Cant wait to see the submarine saddle concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicSkeleton Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, slejo said: Nice concept art. But all these concepts submitting/voting became very boring. Please give us some news of things that will be released soon, not in 2 years. 2? That’s some serious optimism. Players will be lucky if they see anything new within the next decade. Assuming snail doesn’t shoot themselves in the foot and bring it all crashing down that is. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyal Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 (edited) ASA nothing again nothing except concept winner. Twitter/X is alive with people getting replies from helpdesk there's no console saves transferto single player as promised only hire server from Nitrado. But no official word from Devs or PR. Even the die hard ark friends I have my not come back. No hype just mega Dino's being added. Q&A, there's been alot of questions but dribbled answers. Clarity please make me/us a believer again. Edited due to spelling lol Edited September 2, 2023 by Coyal 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkradeon Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 (edited) I wanna give 4 tips about official saves: 1) by default there are 20 automated backups. Some official saves are really BIG. This can cause some space issues. Third party server managers, like asm, offers better control for backups (zip, time interval, serializations vs parallel etc). If you use a third party solution for such backups don't for get to disabled the automated backups with -MaxNumOfSaveBackups=0 2) if you play in a cluster you may wanna add -BackupTransferPlayerDatas too : this will re-enable char backup files on transfer that -usestore removes, allowing easier char recovery in case of a crash just after a transfer and before a non-corrupt save. Note that this flag should be used on official network too and a similar behaviour is by default on unofficial (without -usestore). 3) for single player\local host, find your steam64 id (eg:1234567890), and rename your 1234567890.akrprofile and 1234567890.arktributetribe in LocalPlayer.arkprofile and LocalPlayer.arktributetribe. saves go in \ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArksLocal for the island, \ShooterGame\Saved\MapNameSavedArksLocal for other maps (ex: for Fjordur it is FjordurSavedArksLocal). if you are an epic/egs player you can find your epic-id converted to the quivalent of steam64 id in a way explained here: https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#Epic/EGS_players_whitelisting 4) some saves are HUGE (biggest saves requiring over 20+GBs of ram). You have deal with that. This will also cause serious fps issues on single player due different stasis mechanics from servers. The solution isn't one shoot and may consist in wiping wild tames and if this isn't enough all tames outside pods. Note that despite the command names (you can find on https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Commands) this will kill your own dinos outside pods, incouding stryders, mek, skiffs and rafts. The same may be needed to do for foliage and resources. Finally, removing other tribes structures will help with both ram usage and file size, as well worldsave times. Wild tames and so also resources should later respawn slowly and in the correct way. Edited September 2, 2023 by darkradeon 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alferdo Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 sinceramente, me arrepiento de subestimar lo que podía ser este Dino, es simplemente precioso, y creo que esto puede ayudar a que el mar de ark se vea un poco más "terrorífico" por así decirlo, hace mucho que pienso que era necesario un Dino de este tipo en el mar, pero es que con este se han pasado una barbaridad, a las personas que trabajaron en este diseño les tienen que dar un aumento porque es simplemente increíble. ojala se mantenga este nivel en próximos dinos porque de momento están haciendo un trabajo increíble en todos y cada uno de ellos, desde fasolasuchus hasta shastasaurus son todos una maravilla. 10/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alferdo Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 23 minutes ago, Key26 said: El shastasaurus se ve majestuoso es una obra de arte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky16 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 HOLY MOSASAUR!!!!! That thig is HUGE! I love it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexTheDargon Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 38 minutes ago, CosmicSkeleton said: Seeing as extinction is next on the list wouldn’t it be prudent to consider lifting the real world restriction? The further along into maps it goes the higher the number of non real world creatures gets after all. Would be interesting to see what people come up with when given more wiggle room For Pete’s sake the point of the real world creature rule is so that people can make the creature fit the map. If we allowed completely made up creatures, that would be the only things in the votes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monky894 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 ¡WHALE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ip176 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 critter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko1611 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 That Shasta looks awe inspiring. This is one of the best winners yet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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