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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? ARK at TwitchCon! Wildcard and ARK will have a booth at this years TwitchCon in Long Beach, California. If you're in the area and will be attending the con, we encourage you to stop by and say hi at Booth #722 on October 20th to 22th. The community team (Jat, Jen, and Cedric) as well as two of the Ragnarok developers will be present, the ARK Raptor will be there for photos, and there will also be some additional surprises! Xbox One X Support! With the upcoming Xbox patch on October 25th we're excited to finally talk about the enhancements coming to the Xbox One X version of ARK: Survival Evolved. ARK on the Xbox One X will feature HDR and two graphics modes. The first is a Detailed Graphics version with 1440p resolution and Truesky (which is the equivalent to High quality on the PC) at 30fps. The second is a 1080p mode which equates to the current Xbox One graphics, with improved 60fps. The Xbox One X has increased RAM, 60-70% more RAM compared to the Xbox One, which will help to eliminate out of memory issues. It also means faster loading times and better streaming due to a faster hard-drive and the ability to cache data into RAM (coming November 7th) that will allow faster and better access to repeat files. The Xbox One X will eliminate the host tether in local splitscreen mode and will increase the tether range in non-dedicated mode. Unfortunately we were unable to remove the tether completely due to CPU limitations, but we hope that players will benefit from the increased range. As mentioned in our past Crunch, Xbox Play Anywhere and CrossPlay are still currently delayed until November. The reason behind this is because we believe it is critical to get BattlEye functioning on Microsoft's platform. We're very interested in the effects of CrossPlay, but we're cautious of enabling PC and Xbox Players to game together without having our anti-cheat ready, so it's going to take a little longer to get that sorted, but it will ensure a much better experience overall. Rentable servers will also be available on Xbox starting on October 25th, supplied by Nitrado. Survivors who are interested in purchasing their own rentable server(s) are strongly encouraged to read the following article on the Nitrado website for further information on pricing and pre-orders: https://server.nitrado.net/eng/news2/view/ark-survival-evolved-servers-xbox-one ARK: 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 16th at 12 PM EST. All Official Servers will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: 2x Harvesting Rate 2x Taming Rate 2x EXP Rate ARK Digest 51! Here is our special Aberration edition 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 Acearoni asks, "Does the premise for "Ark" come from an original idea or was it ever influenced by pop culture i.e Transformers Beast Wars? When first playing the game I instantly got that feel of Beast Wars with the futuristic skins mixed with dinosaurs." Survivor H2OW asks, "Is there going to be another Aberration trailer as it gets closer or just the one?" Survivor CaseyMcLovin asks, "Will we see Tek armor for Ptero, Quetzal or any other Dino’s?" Survivor R0CKB0770M asks, "If you could tease the map that releases in spring using one word, what would it be?" Survivor MysticBloodWolf asks, "Will there be improved mod support for better mod loading times?" Survivor RaifuForLaifu asks, "What can we expect for the near future in terms of engram additions to ARK? New primitive tools? Industrial weapons? TEK Tier gadgets?" Survivor Aligator asks, "Some games have an automatic item transport system (like conveyor belts, transport drones, hoppers etc.). Any chance we are going to see something like this in ARK?" Survivor Blackwolfe asks, "Are there any plans on improving the mutation system? There are several issues that I've noticed that I would wish fixed. First of all, color mutations can end up on color regions that do not exist on a specific dino. This is especially apparent on Basilos, which only have two color regions so most of the time color mutations end up on non-existant regions. Secondly mutations can end up on speed, which means the mutation is completely wasted since speed mutations do nothing except inflate the level. Third, even if two dinos with the exact same color and stat mutations are bred, the mutation count will increase despite there not being any new mutations." Survivor Mehlstaub asks, "Can we please get the blanket from the parasaur founder saddle skin in the merch store?" Survivor spoop asks, "Will there be a hitbox revamp in the future? Some creatures like dimorphs eat your arrows that never register." Survivor spoop asks, "Any plan to look back on some item costs? Stuff like the lance realistically should not require more metal than the industrial grill." Survivor Lowly asks, "Can we please have a metal tier blueprint holder/archival vault, the bookcases are very weak in a PvP setting compared to a Metal vault." Survivor Lowly asks, "What happened to the Survivor's Hat Skin? Customer support doesn't know, we had it on Xbox for completing out explorer profile in early access, then the survivor profiles where wiped and now we cant even admin spawn the hat in our single player, yet it was listed as a pre order bonus by xbox's own Larry hyrb aka major Nelson and pcgamer among other news." Survivor Exstinkt asks, "Will you ever add ark themed steam backgrounds to spice up our profiles?" Survivor gaiainruin asks, "Would you consider making classic fliers an option you could check for player dedicated and single player servers?" Survivor BriskUhhhhh asks, "Are the smaller aberration dinos such as the frog butterfly and the Cthulhu wyveren able to sit on your shoulder? If so, will they have unique uses such as the jerboa?" Survivor Hazelnut20 asks, "Is the re-worked kibble tree system still being implemented?" Survivor Lonestar45 asks, "Will we see any type of balancing in play for animals without saddles? I really would like to see servers full of diversity rather than Rexes, Stegos, Spinos, Gigas, and Brontos. There's a plethora of animals but some like the Direwolves could use protection. I'm not asking saddles but armor, they also can't be ridden while wearing it so I can use them as a pack hunt. Give us more strategy enabling devices. Also LOVE the community outreach. I wish more devs did so." Survivor RowletAlex asks, "How are artifacts gonna work in aberration, since it's all a huge cave? Will we get smaller side tunnels, or will they be from element chambers, or something else entirely?" Survivor Grave asks, "Question for Aberration: Will there be rain on the new map?" Community Contests! 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! Norlinri - Phoenix Runners up! Vakarian - On the back of the beast Wolf Angelus - Swamp Village Honourable Mentions! Wolf Angelus - Night of Sorrow Vakarian - The beast is hungry The Body Farmer - Dusk In Scotland Wolf Angelus - Burning in the Night Vakarian - Sunset Ragnarok Vakarian - Flight into the sunset Vakarian - Alone in the Desert Norlinri - The Island Norlinri - The Center arena Norlinri - Sneak attack Norlinri - Scorched Earth Norlinri - Ruins Norlinri - River Norlinri - Ragnarok Norlinri - Note HyunHwang - You Can't Hide From me HyunHwang - The King of Sky HyunHwang - Pawwww HyunHwang - Master Turtle Ego - Phoenix Ego - Do you want to fly BatmanTDKR - The Mountain Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D! Winner! Vakarian - The Dragon King Honourable Mentions! Vakarian - Dragon ready to take off Vakarian - Fire in the dunes Vakarian - Journey to the Center of the Earth Vakarian - New Ragnarok Dessert Biome Wolf Angelus - Crimson Sonata of the Night Wolf Angelus - Swamp Village (Day) Wolf Angelus - Swamp Village (Night) Freeform! Winner! Wolf Angelus - THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW Honourable Mentions! F1r3fly - Sky Thieves Ego - Kung Fu Vulture 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 107 is... ARK: ALLOSAURUS CINEMATIC DOSSIER | #004 by ShipWrekt 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 107 is… Castle Build by Sitharias! and... Ark Survival The Waterfall Chateau by Kassyo! If you'd like to check out the submissions from the rest of the entrants, you can do so here: Fan Feature! THE ROBOT ARKRENA by Valoule LACKLUSTER HAUNTING! - ARK Skits by LameWolfProductions Witches Coven in the Forgotten Swamp by Wolf Angelus ARK Cliffside Goods Store - Part 1 :: ARK Building Evolved :: Cool ARK Building Design on The Center by SWChris ARK Cliffside Goods Store - Part 2 :: ARK Building Evolved :: Cool ARK Building Design on The Center by SWChris Ragnarok DireFamily medieval projet by kirikou DragonPort by Dragonarcwar Ice Wyvern Egg Hunting & Baby Raising [Monkey Tribe Patron Server] [12] by MonkeyManTV Ark: Survival Evolved - PvE S1 E14 - Airspace Hatchery by Lemur Ark Survival Evolved - Lava Pool (PART 61) by gOOglyOwl Tageon explains the Achatina Wyvern by ??? http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1166577435 Feathered Raptor by Shockal http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1163232255 ARK by fruit http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1166420037 Forest Camo Otter by Sharkcat http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1160344322 Emmit Otterton Otter by Sharkcat http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1160422696 Fish Market Stalls by eco http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165863432 Torvosaurus by milokamilo http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1166279605 Jurassic World Game's Dodo Boss by milokamilo http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1162709569 Dossier: Dunkleosteus by Scanova the Carnotaurus http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1166887127 Pyria: Mythos Evolved Official Dossier: Goliath! by Shadlos http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1161073454 Dossier: Leaellynasaura by Scanova the Carnotaurus http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165977980 That's it for this post guys! 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