Community Crunch 426: Astraeos Trailer, LiveOps Update, Mod Spotlight and More!

[StudioWildcard]

We’re excited to see so many of you exploring Aberration Ascended since launch! Whether you’re taming under the spell of the adorable Cosmo or taking on the dangerous Yi Ling, it’s been great to see players navigating the new map, content and creatures. So let's jump into updates on the latest live ops, Nekatus’ free version of Astraeos launching soon, a mod spotlight, and Arkpoc’s new mod list for this month! Whew!

 

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Nekatus, the prolific creator of Fjordur and Svartalfheim, has a new mythological map offering in the works: Astraeos!

Immerse yourself in a Greek-inspired world spanning a massive ~264km², where majestic mountain ridges and marble-like cliffs give way to white beaches and a paradise of cherry blossoms in a full sakura biome. Explore ancient Greek ruins and temples, or sail vast oceans with custom Greek Trireme ships. Face off against powerful new bosses, alpha dino variants with enhanced loot, and a fearsome miniboss lurking in mysterious caves.

Prepare for mythological enemies hiding in the shadows while gearing up with custom cosmetic skins and standalone mods for structures and ships.

Astraeos’ free version will launch on October 10th, 2024, available day 1 for crossplay, with a premium version slated for later in the year!

 

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This week, the Live Ops team focused on addressing various crash issues, and we’ve made solid progress in resolving many of them. We'll continue working on the remaining cases, including ongoing efforts to fix some straggler console crashes. We also resolved an impactful rendering issue on PlayStation. With these crashes and rendering issues being addressed, we’ll shift our attention toward a number of level fixes and general content and gameplay bugs in the coming weeks.

 

To highlight a couple of fixes in progress: Rock Drake gliding and Ascension issues. A Steam server version was deployed today with a fix for Rock Drake gliding, which is now live for all players. We’re also prioritizing a fix for the Ascension issue, which is expected to go out with a planned major version patch next week. Of course, this isn’t exhaustive. The pipeline is chock full of fixes that will soon be ready to go live!

 

Additionally, we’re collaborating with our engineering partners and AMD to resolve a crash occurring on newer drivers. AMD has reproduced the crash and is making good progress on a solution. In the meantime, some players have reported success in eliminating the GPU crash on Aberration by rolling back their drivers to the following patch: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-RAD-WIN-23-7-1.html

 

 

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Download & play new custom content created by players, including new maps, creatures, items, and game modes, through a dedicated new Mod-browser directly within the game. Enjoy an endless stream of new ARK content as the creativity and talent of the community is fully unleashed for the first time across gaming platforms and stay tuned as we spotlight more Cross-Platform Mods each week!

This video features:

• Cyberpunk Melee Weapons by Raaawb

• Cliffan’s Outfits: Arrakeen Desert Armour by Cliffan_

• Cliffan’s Outfits: Crimson Assassin by Cliffan_

• Klinger’s Special Feeding Trough by KlingerMartins

• Quantum Structure Skins by Sandi_00 (premium)

• Arcadian Structure Skins by Sandi_00 (premium)

• Tristan’s Antrodemus by Tristans_Modding

• Circa’s Deco Mod Core by Circa, JoeHelp

• Better Steampunk Structures by Trixt3r

• DinoBook by nevcairiel

• FSG Gothic Cave Structures by Kiz3rMomo

• Reaper Park by Cliffan_

 

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ARKpocalypse servers have been wiped today!

What are ARKpocalypse?

• ARKpocalypse are monthly-wipe servers with higher than usual rates and monthly-curated mods.

Next wipe: October 11th 2024

 

For the second round, the following mods will be included: 

• MarniiMods Hairstyles by MarniiMods

• BigAL's Meraxes TLC by BigAl_Swagbob

• Cyrus' Critters: Magna Gecko by cyrusCreates

• Der Dino Finder by Hacki_van_Bane

• Klinger Additional Structures by klingerMartins

• MULTI TABLE by Badboy23

• Smol Structures by Ave

• No Untameables by myrmecoleontidae

You can join them by searching in the server browser! Happy Surviving!

 

Please note that Aberration has been added to ARKpocalypse servers!

 

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This weekend, the Official Network will be receiving bonus rates! It will be active until Monday, September 16.

• PVP/PVE: 2x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience, and Breeding
• Small Tribes: 4.5x Harvesting, Taming, and Experience + 4x Breeding
• ARKpocalypse: 5x Harvesting, Taming and Experience, and Breeding

 

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Fan Art Gallery | Screenshot Gallery | Artist Feedback Form

 

Creator: TiiaAurora

TiiaAurora explains her process for creating the perfect Yi Ling trap for a simpler taming method!

 

Creator: ClickTockClock

Here's everything you need to know about the adorable Roll Rat from its taming method to its abilities!

 

The "Lord Reaper" by @WolfTek7

 

ARK Yi Ling by @DW_ARK

 

Ark: Aberration Darkness Descended Cover by Alkonavi

 

Yi Ling in heart by @hurr_ma68020

 

Otter Ark inspired by N4STYR4BBiT by isko0kris0oksi

 

The cutest little spider by stayseakay101

 

Ravager and some goblins by tripleratskill

 

Photo Mode by silv3ersurf3er

 

Steampunk'd by eventuating

 

The Glow by bluejay9675

 

Photo Mode by oxydia

 

Photo Mode by cosmicman5455

 

Enjoy your weekend!
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[Sparky16]

Mmmm new Nekatus, gimme gimme! ❤️

Edited September 14 by Sparky16

[OverRannus]

Nekatus, that is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!!!!😍😍 Can I have it NOW!?! lol!!! Please take your time with this!!! We can wait!!!

Edited September 14 by OverRannus

[xpexp]

Map looks great! Any way for the clear glass ceiling and roof custom cosmetic to be approved?

[HackedFiles]

will this be an official map? similar to fjordur?!

[MJAInc]

Astraeos Trailer, LiveOps Update, Mod Spotlight und mehr! - ARK2 & ASA News | Deutsche ARK2 Community - ARK2 | Deutsches Community Forum

 

https://ark2.de/news/astraeos-trailer-liveops-update-mod-spotlight-und-mehr-r136/

 

 

[darcek]

No news is good news?

Fix Reaper prego,dinos ,angler not collecting pearls,and the infamous level 1 bug.. Thanks!

Edited September 14 by darcek

[Asteria]

nice

[Zytoril]

1 hour ago, MasonZX10 said:

So no more aberation servers, and nothing about fixing the lighting on aberation. The flashing is awful. It's like walking into a rave. 

They supposedly fixed the light flickering with yesterdays patch, no idea if it fixed it for everyone tho..

[Zytoril]

4 hours ago, darcek said:

No news is good news?

Fix Reaper prego,dinos ,angler not collecting pearls,and the infamous level 1 bug.. Thanks!

No news? did you read the section at all?

[CptYarrr]

12 minutes ago, Brettskii said:

 I think they focus on making sure there is a DLC price tag is getting in the way of making a proper transition to UE5. 

The main reason ASA dropped (instead of doing an upgrade to UE5 on ASE) was because of an upgrade to UE5. 

Thats why everyone needed to buy the game again. Yet, we getting pood on by Snail due to all of these crap updates/releases. 

I wonder how their roadmap looks like now and how many years of postponing we have ahead of us concerning the maps.

Its becoming an huge joke.

Edited September 14 by CptYarrr

[Brambleberry]

Please remove pryomane spawn on Abberation, it is so out of place that it's not even funny. I love the fire cat to death but it has no place on a map without lava. Swap out the pyromane for the deinosuchus, and if you really want to push the paid creature on more maps add a spawn or two inside the volcano on the Island instead. 

[Vxplord]

Still no news about support reopening or changes to transfer preventing character loss with rollback

[hbomb1972]

Any update on when the tek cave on Svartalfheim will be fixed?

[GP]

49 minutes ago, hbomb1972 said:

Any update on when the tek cave on Svartalfheim will be fixed?

You'd need to speak to Nekatus about any issues with that map, not Wildcard.

[TEKRules]

I asked on the last crunch and no one answered, but do you think they'll ever add the ascended creatures to evolved and, if not, maybe someone could make a mod for them on ase? 

My PC can run ase on mostly epic with a couple high graphics but I don't think It's good enough to run asa well. 

I don't mean to be naggy, but I really want to know.

[CptYarrr]

11 hours ago, TEKRules said:

I asked on the last crunch and no one answered, but do you think they'll ever add the ascended creatures to evolved and, if not, maybe someone could make a mod for them on ase? 

My PC can run ase on mostly epic with a couple high graphics but I don't think It's good enough to run asa well. 

I don't mean to be naggy, but I really want to know.

Don't count on WildCard doing that. Maybe a modder.

[TEKRules]

Thanks, I hope someone does.

 

[DarkDraken17]

Greek themed ark? thats a great idea. I've actually just been going through assassins creed odyssey, so Im loving the greek stuff right now! thanks for putting the hard work going into that map dude! 

[FishAndChipies]

Nice and looks good...as for ab i think i'll wait untill update to fix it..at the moment ab imo is a lost cause with the lag and dino meshing into the ground.

 

[SapphireSam7]

Happy to hear about Nekatus' new map.  Loved Valguero and Fjordur on ASE and enjoyed Svart on ASA (little small for my taste but still beautiful), so seeing him create a new map is pretty exciting. 

Still curious as to why nothing has really been said about Ragnarok.  They did the announcement about Extinction a while back, but for one of the more popular early maps for ASE - it is surprising that nothing has really been said.  

[ChrisBManos]

51 minutes ago, SapphireSam7 said:

Happy to hear about Nekatus' new map.  Loved Valguero and Fjordur on ASE and enjoyed Svart on ASA (little small for my taste but still beautiful), so seeing him create a new map is pretty exciting. 

Still curious as to why nothing has really been said about Ragnarok.  They did the announcement about Extinction a while back, but for one of the more popular early maps for ASE - it is surprising that nothing has really been said.  

Maybe it's because a third party is working on it and might take some time before we get an announcement. For right now I think that WC is focused on updating AB, so, we are probably going to have to wait and see what's next for ASA when they announce it.