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John Oct 28, 2023 @ 6:45am
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remove tether distance
it ruins the purpose of the game
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Heaxy Oct 28, 2023 @ 6:49am 
yep.
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Kameraden Oct 28, 2023 @ 6:49am 
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Want your computer to explode?
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Kelden Oct 28, 2023 @ 6:51am 
Originally posted by Kameraden:
Want your computer to explode?
what.....tethering cant do that....its put in place to force players to rent servers, its that easy. performancewise it does nothing.
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Romain Oct 28, 2023 @ 6:56am 
Yes...
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Cellar_Cat Oct 28, 2023 @ 6:57am 
If your machine is up for it maybe you could try to run a "dedicated" server that's actually on the same device.
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Wichawd Oct 28, 2023 @ 7:00am 
just max out the tether distance. me and a friend havent had a issue yet on non dedicated
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Romain Oct 28, 2023 @ 7:01am 
For me is 180m max...
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Kameraden Oct 28, 2023 @ 7:06am 
Originally posted by Elden:
Originally posted by Kameraden:
Want your computer to explode?
what.....tethering cant do that....its put in place to force players to rent servers, its that easy. performancewise it does nothing.
Not really true. ARK SE Tether Distance does have an effect on performance. Just most people today wouldn't notice it because most people's PCs are more than able to handle ARK SE with Tether Distance set to say 99 without too many issues.

The Host's Computer has to keep track of everything the "OTHER" Players are encountering rather than those objects going into a deep sleep like they do on normal singleplayer. Tethering is there to mitigate it to an extent. I mean it's the same reason that if you did Undedicated on ARK SE everyone would teleport to a cave if the host entered a cave.

I mean there is a reason games like Mercenaries 2 and Saint Row games also had Tether distances. While not having "SERVERS."

Being ARK SA isn't CPU intensive I wouldn't be surprised if most people have the extra RAM/CPU to tackle Tether being max out.

But it isn't there becomes of some grand conspiracy.
Last edited by Kameraden; Oct 28, 2023 @ 7:09am
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Lord Haart Oct 28, 2023 @ 7:08am 
Tru
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Alexandre Frota Oct 28, 2023 @ 7:10am 
Still 180m max?
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Malackbar Oct 28, 2023 @ 7:20am 
Yes, this is ruining gameplay with the wife and daughter. We can't do anything because we can't increase tether distance like we used to with classic Ark. This has to be a deliberate decision on the game developer's part. Give us back the option to increase tether distance. If it's too much for our computer, then so be it, we will have to change it back. But, we had tether at 999999 on classic Ark and we were just fine and had great family games in our household. I'm pretty pissed that I've spent $120 for our 3 accounts, to now not be playing together. Tether distance is killing your game.
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Ark the Mad Oct 28, 2023 @ 4:58pm 
Developers. I've been playing this game for a few years with my daughter. Just got ascended. We hate the tether, it ruins your game. Didn't mind buying this game again for the upgraded graphics but the tether has to go. Fix this. Any modders out there? We need your help.
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wildbill Oct 28, 2023 @ 5:04pm 
Originally posted by Ark the Mad:
Developers. I've been playing this game for a few years with my daughter. Just got ascended. We hate the tether, it ruins your game. Didn't mind buying this game again for the upgraded graphics but the tether has to go. Fix this. Any modders out there? We need your help.

It can't be fixed. People have asked for this for 8 years (on older version of ARK too). It is part of the design. If you don't like the tether, you can run a dedicated server (although it is not as simple as tethered).

Tethered was added for those that can't figure out how to run a dedicated server. It is better than nothing, but really, the other player is playing in your game. The game does not and can not render in parts of the map you are not present in, hence the tether.

So figure out dedicated or live with the restrictions of the tether, those are your choices.
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Ark the Mad Oct 28, 2023 @ 5:15pm 
I disagree we had the tether maxed out on the old Ark game and could be on opposite sides of the Island. Yeah it's always been in the game but this is more restrictive now. If enough people are unhappy change may happen.
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wildbill Oct 28, 2023 @ 5:21pm 
Originally posted by Ark the Mad:
I disagree we had the tether maxed out on the old Ark game and could be on opposite sides of the Island. Yeah it's always been in the game but this is more restrictive now. If enough people are unhappy change may happen.

More than likely ASA takes more resources than the old version. Get a super computer and you can then max out the tether distance, or just run a dedicated server as the game is designed to be run and it will work for you.

There are like 100 bugs and crashes right now. I'm surprised this old topic is back.
Last edited by wildbill; Oct 28, 2023 @ 5:22pm
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