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Yup, not a fan of it. Nor a fan of having to mod the game just to make it playable. But then again, I hate Souls combat so I'm screwed either way.

New release now available - 4.5.0.0 https://drive.google.com/file/d/15r5gvKeE20hQ8G3nFQBiBbQa7Z767VkX/view?usp=sharing Features New export options to export map structure data where available: Obelisks/Terminals, Oil Veins, Gas Veins, Water Veins, Charge Nodes, Artifacts, Wyvern Nests, Deino Nests, Drake Nests, Magma Nests, Beaver Dams and Glitches. @Vertyco Ark Viewer Configuration - Export Tab - Export Map Structures. Ark Viewer Map Structures (basic export of location) - right click and export the grid results. ArkViewer.exe "map" "C:\Folder\ArkSave.ark" "C:\folder\output\mapstructures.json" ArkExport.exe "map" "C:\Folder\ArkSave.ark" "C:\folder\output\mapstructures.json" Fixes Upated the save game library code to "read-past" some additional properties added to the game save data that were causing problems with the toolkit loading and parsing newer saves. Thanks to @Larkfields who found the updated code in the ARK Smart Breeding repository... and thanks to the creator of ARK Smart Breeding who diagnosed and provided the fix so I didn't have to spend time working it out myself

How about having Dino tiers Concept in ARK 2 ? You need a certain level & other unlock requirements to even be able to tame a higher tier creature. In this way, you can't simply tame a Rex at say level 50, this gives players more reasons to tame lesser dinos & has more RPG mechanics. For example, for Carnivore Dinos : Small Dino: Microraptor < Velociraptor < Deinonychus < Utahraptor Medium Dino: Dilophosaurus < Ceratosaurus ~ Carnotaurus < Megalosaurus < Allosaurus Apex Dino: Daspletosaurus < Saurophaganax ~ Acrocanthosaurus < T-Rex ~= Giganotosaur ~= Carcharodontosaurus Aquatic Dino: Irritator < Baryonyx < Suchomimus < Spinosaurus Roles they play: Small Dinos = Easy to maintain, fast breed, works in pack. Medium Dinos = Allrounder, can use pack buffs & specialist weapons to kill Apex. Apex = expensive to maintain, needs a lot to tame/train etc. Can scare Small Dinos. Aquatic = Marine mounts, great if you want to explore the sea/rivers and also on land. There can be a system where small , medium, apex & aquatic all have their uses like say in a RTS like AOE : Mythology where Greek Hoplites are useful even after unlocking the best Mythological creatures like Chimera, Colossus. I am sure ARK 2 can fit more dinosaur types being a next gen game.

There's merit in a role-based approach like this. However I don't agree with the whole "in order to tame a Utahraptor, you need to first tame a Microraptor etc". The way I could see there being merit in taming "lesser" dinos within their size/role is you gain a passive buff to taming the "next dino up" - so if you go straight for taming Utahraptor, you have a 0% bonus to taming Small Dinos. However if you've tamed Microraptors, Velociraptors and Deinonychus before attempting a Utahraptor tame, you have a 60% bonus (the number is arbitrary, as an example only) to taming Small Dinos. Your examples are all carnivores though, so how would this approach affect herbivores? And what roles would they serve? The same, or herbivore-unique/specific? This. Once you get a Raptor, Dilos become obsolete. Once you get a Carno, Raptors become obsolete. Once you get Rexes, Carnos are obsolete and the only thing you fear are other Rexes, Gigas and soon Carcharadontosaurus. You end up culling dinos because they serve no purpose anymore. There needs to be a reason to keep your "lesser tames" around. Like "milking" your Dilo for poison which can be made into a powerful tranquiliser/narcotic, as an example. And, so you don't need to have bases full of dinos, whatever their (secondary) use - you don't need *that* many of them for it, or perhaps (like a Gacha in ARK) the more of them in an area, the less effective they are at this (secondary) use.

FYI: new version works great again! Thanks for the fast fix!

i would rather have less dinosaurs but with the majority of them having a use in mid-late game instead of some only being good for the first hour of gameplay then becoming obselete