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Nitrado Events Hey there, is anyone else having problems using starting various events using nitrado hosting? Current events or others, seems the cooking pot works but nothing else such as the colors, 2x taming and exp.

FRIENDLY NEW SERVER ON PS4 (THE ISLAND) Launching a friendly ISLAND server on PS4 going to be limited to 20 slots (temporarily). Two active admins on at all times. Feel free to add me on PSN iLLya905. No Admin raiding - we are simply going to be just monitoring and keeping the toxicity down. Lets build up a server together! First 5 people will get a small gift from Admins to help get established (Nothing crazy like tames, more like building materials OR some tools not both) Have fun and stay safe out there ladies and gentleman. Sincerely, iLLya905

Ark tribesmen needed We need more ark tribe members we are looking for anyone younge or old lazy or grindy we need you the server name is king Rex an unofficial ark pc server it is a 10X server so please come join us my username is Asookoo24 Pm me if you want to join

I have just created a ark mobile server on nitrado and now I want to know how to join it from my phone. Please help.

Dedicated Server Difficulty Setting I run a dedicated server for my friends and I to play together on Xbox. The maximum difficulty setting is 1.0. Is that "maximum difficulty" setting is equivalent to the old "DifficultyOffset" setting?The tool tip description makes me think it is, but I'm not sure.

Server 724 has been down for 6+ hours... The Official server 724 has been down for way too long. The server was having a "15 minute' update and it went down, and just never came back up. I checked everywhere and its not just me. I'm going to lose 4+ dinos to this and 150 Argie tame. Why weren't we warned about this and why hasn't it been fixed or even addressed.

Help my friend please! Okay, so, i rented a Nitrado server on valguero for just me and my friend to play on, and all was good. We played for almost a month (the second payment isn't due yet) until one day she tried getting onto ark and the server list said "No Sessions Found!" for every filter and sort she put. No servers would show up at all including official servers. She tried unplugging her router and restarting her xbox numerous times which all failed. She then tried uninstalling Ark and reinstalling it, which still didn't help. When i try to invite her to my game it just says "this session no longer exists" or something like that, but i can get on the server and play just fine. She has an xbox 360 (i know) if that helps.

Make even better network bandwidth options for Unofficial Servers hi i Run a Cluster of servers and we like building big bases. As such we have very long loading times for the base to actually render because of the limited info the client gets on what structures are there, even on epic 60 Kbits/s. I know that there are some limitations for Official servers, but a lot of people play on private server. It would be very nice to not actually have to wait 1 min before the base is rendered in. I hope you will take this into consideration. structures/s increase would be most welcome. Most people have good connections nowadays so its mostly about the strain on the server but with only 5-20 people playing in mine and a lot of other private servers, this would be a non issue. Ty for taking your time to read this, and i hope it has some sort of impact

Half if not all the servers‘ dowN, any news on this?

Server advice? Valguero So I have started to play on Valguero 525, and honestly server is laging alot and has a few crashes/rollback each day all lasting 15-20min up to half hour server down, so i would like to ask is there any advice will that ever get fixed, people say it is like that for a long time and im thinking to switch the server because i can bring my dinos and base i can build again, any advice where to move to? Feel bad because people are good but no point in tramsfering if every server is like that..

Classic servers should come back Official servers need a primitive pvp servers. Everything going to teks. I dont like it. I have almost 5k on official pvp and i started this game in 2016. When ark started, everything were primitive.. But not same now. Devs have to change their mind. We didnt play with 10 players then classics wiped.. We want classics back!

When I started my nitrado server i wanted the engrams to auto unlock and so now ill be telling you how to make this happen on your nitrado server for xbox,pc or ps4 servers. So first if you want engrams to auto unlock make sure that you are under general then turn on expert settings and save changes now under the settings tab there should be a tab called expert settings you click that now there should be a slide box that says gameusersettings.ini change that to game.ini now scroll all the way down till to the bottom click at the ned of the last setting there and hit enter and type bAutoUnlockAllEngrams=true this will allow you to unlock every engram at your level when leveling up but if you spam something into like stamina the screen will be filled with the learning of the engrams also when you reach level 100 or higher you will unlock all the tea engrams i do not know how to fix this but if you use this be aware of that. Also make sure your server was stopped when you changed the settings in the game.ini and if your server is stopped there will be an option to save changes. This is all you need to know if you want to make your engrams to auto unlock in your server. Let me know if this was helpful and bye.

JOINING FAILED COULD NOT RETRIEVE ADDRESS Guys Can anyone help please, EVERY official server I have tried to join I keep getting the same message "JOINING FAILED COULD NOT RETRIEVE ADDRESS" I have tried different things that I've seen people talk about on forums and online but none have worked. I have just downloaded ARK Genesis and haven't yet been able to play it. If you have any suggestions please let me know as I'm stuck in john radcliffe hospital and will be for a while. Thanks.

Discounted from server Me and some friends have this problem that we keep disconnecting from servers (unofficial) We can usually play for about 30-60 min and after we disconnect the first time we can play for about 5 min and we disconnect again I then tried to host my own server from my computer and when it was just me and another friend it was working just fine, but then after my 2 other friends connected, 2 off them would loose connection to host (me) but i can't find the problem because i have a really solid internet connection 500/500. and i have port forwarded the server because they can all find it on the unofficial server tap. Have other experienced this happening, and have someone found a fix

Who has the worst official server? Do I play on the worst official server in all of Ark? Ragnarok 41 currently has a 90-day up-time of 48% Events like this (2.5x inc. breeding) are useless, because at *some* point a server outage is guaranteed to make babies starve. This weekend that death-count is 5 rexes, 2 dragons and a thylo. It isn't a recent thing; again, server is online less than HALF THE TIME in total. (https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark/2159345/downtime) Does anyone play on an official server worse than this?!

Crossark 10 abberation Server down Jo wildcard have u realized that the EU crossark10 abberation down is since 3 hours?????

Can’t load previous Non-Dedicated Server data... So today, I load up Ark as usual. I choose to load my non-dedicated server, as usual. The server name and password appear, pre-filled, as usual. As it is loading, fog of war is reset and it’s asking me where to load in (not as usual). I decide it must be a glitch and because I still kept my original base near the south beach (I think there are a few mounts there as well), I’ll load there. The game loads and I’m naked. Huh.... it’s showing I’m level 105.... my hotbar is showing what “should” be there, but nothing is there. I run to where my base should be annnnndddd.... nothing. No tames, no buildings, nothing. HELP! p.s. I’m on Xbox (One S)

Two Nitrado servers? My friends and I decided to play Genesis vanilla. In other words, we are renting a Nitrado server with the Genesis map running on it. We didn't transfer characters at all, and I managed to download a dino before our administrator disabled the feature. We have no Tekgrams. So I was wondering, if I rent a separate Nitrado server on my account, is it possible to transfer between the two servers, even if they're not clustered or on the same account? We have a plethora of element shards and dust now and it would be nice to make those into Element.

Cryopod Bans Hello everyone I was hoping if someone can explain to me the code to ban cryo pods and cryofridges I tried looking them up but all the codes I found weren't working. If someone can tell me what the code is and where to put it I would be grateful my server modifications is currently set to expert.

Unable to Uptade window store on pc for ARK We realy need to be fix rapidly we are in bad posture for us base ... Hi actualy big problem with Window store we cant dowload the uptade 797.11 for Window we need help please , us base on pvp official server go to be wiped ...

Starting a friendly switch server! My son's getting to the point where he wants to start playing pvp. He hasn't had the best of luck with people being friendly. So he's looking for some friendly players looking to hop on his non dedicated switch server.. Hes willing to help new comers with what they might need as long as there willing to play nice:) he's always on eventually, look for the Ethan server on switch its only ever me and him on so there's not many people ever.. I told him if people aren't nice to him don't be nice to them. Thanks ahead of time..

As Xbox players and hosts we've never had access to the .ini files to control our servers. Everything for us was pretty straightforward in terms of configuring settings, but we were also fairly limited in the amount of custom configuration we could implement. All of that of course changed when hosted servers arrived on scene, which opened us up to a whole-new-world of possibilities and headaches. I wanted to create this guide to help alleviate some of the pain associated with altering the .ini files, and to dispel some of the apprehension associated with implementing custom configuration code. I spent days researching, hours writing code, and hours fixing some of the mistakes I made. I figured some of you folks might find some value in the mistakes I've made, and what I've learned through my trial-by-fire. What follows is a sectional guide on the use of Expert Mode, and how to configure some of the more common custom configuration elements. NFD vs. Expert Mode When you first access the Nitrado Admin Console, you will find that they have created their own version of the configuration menu we had when running PDS through our consoles. It's all very straightforward and simplified, and it will look pretty familiar. For most of the settings you will want to alter, this is by far the easiest way to go about it. I have dubbed their console, Nitrado for Dummies. This is not to say you are a Dummy if you use this, but it is a simplified means of configuring the server; thus, the moniker. If you run a single server, and are apprehensive about altering the .ini files, this might be your best option for server configuration. A few things to consider before deciding which configuration mode you want to proceed with: How you want to customize your server: If you want to implement changes to level progression or custom stats, the NFD interface can be very time consuming (I'll get further into detail about these aspects later on) How many servers you run: if you run more than one server, and intend to implement customization, the NFD interface is a massive time-suck. Is your apprehension justified?: The simple reality here is that, there isn't a major difference between engaging the NFD interface, and directly manipulating the .ini files. Just like the NFD interface, every line item in the .ini file is easily identified. As an example: NightTimeSpeedScale=.7 DayTimeSpeedScale=.7 TamingSpeedMultiplier=3.0 HarvestAmountMultiplier=3.0 HarvestHealthMultiplier=3.0 Note: When switching to Expert Mode, most of the configuration options disappear from the General Settings interface. You will also notice that Engine Settings is replaced by Expert Settings. When switching from one configuration mode to the other, settings do not usually transfer. If you have been using the NFD interface for any period of time, it is probable that most configuration settings will show up in the .ini files; however, custom level progression and other custom configurations may not. Be sure to scan the .ini files to ensure that your server is configured according to your desires, check it again, and then proceed. Expert Mode Sounds fancy, right: Expert Mode, dun dun dun. It's neither as glamorous or as ominous as it might at first appear. If you've made it through this wall of text, and are now ready to start tinkering with the .ini files, here is where we begin. First things first, let's identify exactly what we're working with, and what goes where. To activate Expert Mode, you will navigate to the General Settings interface, click the little box at the top, and then click save. Once this is done, the pane on the left will look like: Let's go ahead and click on Expert Settings, and take a gander. You will notice that you're now nose-to-nose with an .ini file. Pretty unimpressive right? Feel free to scroll around, and familiarize yourself with what you're looking at. You'll notice that not all of your settings are here, and that's because there is more than one file in this interface. Click the area highlighted in red, and a drop down will appear. Once there, go ahead and click on Game.ini, the click Load File. You will notice that there is an Engine.ini in the drop down, but it is blank, and has nothing to do with what we're doing here. You will make use of both files in this interface when configuring your server, as they both contain different game variables. You will want to acclimate yourself with both of these files, so you know where everything is when you need to alter a variable. Note: Under GameUserSettings.ini you are going to see all manner of things you might be tempted to tinker with. Avoid altering settings directly under the following sections: [/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameUserSettings] [ScalabilityGroups] [/Script/Engine.GameSession] Alterable variables fall below the following sections: [SessionSettings] SessionName=[US] Ark FTW-Ragnarok (this is the name of your server, and can be changed at your leisure) [ServerSettings] (many of the settings you found under General Settings are now found here, and they can all be altered) AutoSavePeriodMinutes=15.000000 (this can be altered, but I have read there may be some performance related issues in so doing, so probably don't) In order to make any changes to these files, you're going to need to completely stop your server. Once the server is completely stopped, you can make any necessary alterations to the .ini files. Once those alterations have been made, click Save, and then go have yourself a cup of coffee. Nitrado recommends that you wait around 4 minutes before bringing your server back up, as the backend has to make conversions. I also always run a server check any time I make any changes, which is probably a good habit to acquire. If you don't wait, you may end up with corrupted data, so wait the 4 minutes. Now, let's talk about some of the custom configurations you can make, and some of the resources I've found helpful. Level Ramp Overrides This is just a fancy way of identifying the option to add a custom level scheme to your server, and it works for both Players and Dinos. I'm going to break this down into three sections: Players and Dinos, Engrams, and Resources...oh my? Players and Dinos How you proceed here will be largely dependent on the type of server you run. Using the Overrides you can add more levels, reduce the total number of levels, and completely reshape the way you progress through those levels. Altering the Dino progression scheme is straightforward; not so much for players. The game reserves 30 levels for ascension, so you need to keep this in mind when you're deciding on a max level. The easiest way to explain it is: If you want a max server level of 150, after ascension, you will simply add 150 levels If you want a max server level of 150, before ascension, you will need 180 levels in total Ramps Another factor to consider is how you want your ramp to work. What is a ramp you ask? Simply put, it is the increase in experience required per level. You can effectively create any ramping scheme you want with the override. The vanilla progression system uses a progressive ramp with a steep curve towards the end. I use the vanilla ramp up through 115, and then a wave scheme thereafter. Maybe you want a linear ramp where each level requires the same amount of experience. The world is your oyster here, so do whatever feels good to you. Code Now let's talk a bit about code, shall we? The method for coding is linear, but it is time consuming. There is an override variable for both Players and Dinos, and you will need to create a block of code for each if you intend to create custom level schemes for both. If you elect to override the vanilla level cap and progression, your code block MUST start at level 0, and MUST include every-single level you want to have on your server. I made the mistake of starting my code block at a specific level, instead of coding every level, and I magically transported every logged in player to level 82. So what does the code look like? Glad you asked: LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(ExperiencePointsForLevel[0]=5,ExperiencePointsForLevel[1]=20,ExperiencePointsForLevel[2]=40,ExperiencePointsForLevel[3]=70 As you can see, there isn't anything overly complicated about the actual syntax of the code. If you've noticed something odd, however, you're right to be suspicious. Level 0. Well, there is no Level 0 in the game, so what on earth is that for? When you first spawn on the beach, you are already at level 1, so it seems odd that this wouldn't start at level 2, right? Level 0 in this code block represents level 2 in-game. So if you are coding these blocks, always subtract 2 from the max level: If you want 180 total levels, your code block will start at Level 0 and end at Level 178. Engrams Points Now that you've coded out your level progression system, what about engram points? Just like with levels, you can employ any engram point scheme your wee heart desires, and it is all linear: OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=8 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=8 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=8 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=8 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=8 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=8 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=8 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=8 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=12 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=12 OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=12 Each line ties directly to a level, and in order. So, the first line is the number of engram points you gain at Level 0 in your level code block, and so on. Your engram points code block should match your level code block in terms of numbers: If you have 198 levels written into your code block, you will need 198 lines in your engram points block if you want each level to come with engram points. Resources The following are some of the things I found useful when setting up my server's progression scheme: Ark's vanilla level scheme from the Wiki Code Generator Tool Note that the level scheme is out of date, so you will need to adjust if you intend to use the vanilla progression scheme up through any particular level Also note that, the site has other tools for custom settings aside from levels and engram points Server Configuration Specifics from the Wiki More to follow...

I would love to see a better scaling system on servers for quests. When im talking on scaling on quests, its dead easy to do the quests with 10 man, in "Bog Beatdown". I have a small private server, and we are 2 players. We cant ever do the high ones, because its to hard with 2 players. If we have been 10 players, we would never face that problem. Same if you try to do it solo for your own skill check. My guess, with 2 players, we are stuck on doing the "gamma-difficulty" even on max lvl with the best gear we got (we are over lvl 95 now). We tried second difficulty and we could not even complete first stage, before all armor 2 sets a player was destroyed. Gear we also had, had some major durability, but not a chance. It also effect currency for us, due it is split in half of hexagon. Earning about 1140 hexagon each run, not sure exact amount but not far off. Meaning we need to do over 43-45 runs on easy mode to even be close to look at a 45.000 hexagon crate. Feels a bit of overkill due the time invested in that event feks. So brings me to second part, if you dont get any upgrade for next lvl missions, you are still stuck on farming 45 new rounds with no upgrade to progress in to the missions. Heavy drain of resources doing this: Gamma difficulty we manage to do with 2 sets of armor on us, where we change into second set of flak on wave 3 or 4 due 80% durability loss. Its not possible do with one. So you can think how much resources we spend also, to do 1140 hexagon run. When u need to repair 4 sets of armor for each run, if you look at the bigger picture. That is 180 repairs on 4 armor sets. Multiply that with each gear piece you use its 900 repairs in total. 4x armor set x 45 runs = 180 x 5 a pieces = 900 repairs. If you wonder the numbers behind it. Then you can ask your self, how much metal ore do you need for that.. Answear: Crazy amount. Time farming it.. eyerolling. Worth it? No. Resault is that, your system kills it self. This is one of the missions. The same problem adds some of the other missions to. Where you might even lose huge amount of tames, for pack missions not scaling good enough for less players. We like the new Genesis map btw, its refreshing. We do miss the mini boss fights for spawning bigger bosses, the caves and all from Island. But rest is all good Glenn

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Crash all three Hours We have a Genesis Crash all three Hours, here are the Crashlogs: And an other Log: Its an Windows Server with 9 Maps in Cluster, all the other Maps working well...