Ini files not working at all for single player

[IncindiAhri]

I've been trying to update some of my settings in the ini. files and going back into the game with it closed entirely then going back in after saving to see nothing has updated. I've got the files on read only like some recommend after changes but still nothing
I've started new games since I'd not progressed far enough to care about a complete reset to see if it fixes and nothing

I'm just wanting to change the harvest rate, difficulty for higher level spawns and spawn amount a bit but they just do not change

[Sarecho]

read only means you can't change the settings in-game because the game can't edit the inis when it's ready only. just delete them and let it create new ones by redoing your settings, that's worst case scenario, or just slow down and use common sense to figure out what you wanna do, most changes are done in gameusersettings.ini, not in game.ini. some show up in both places but the actual settings is probably in gameusersettings.ini. make sure you're editing the inis in Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\Windows

[IncindiAhri]

Originally posted by Sarecho:

read only means you can't change the settings in-game because the game can't edit the inis when it's ready only. just delete them and let it create new ones by redoing your settings, that's worst case scenario, or just slow down and use common sense to figure out what you wanna do, most changes are done in gameusersettings.ini, not in game.ini. some show up in both places but the actual settings is probably in gameusersettings.ini. make sure you're editing the inis in Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\Windows

I had changed them on gameusersettings.ini prior to putting them on read only my bad for not explaining that there, I'll see if I can fix it by changing the settings again by letting the game remake the file when I have launched it next

[IncindiAhri]

Have deleted the GameUserSettings.ini file and had them remade by opening the game and changing a setting and closing out of the game then gone back into the files, changed what I wanted and loaded up the game again and still nothing has changed

Part of me does wonder if they've just changed it to be maxed out at the game's defaults or if it just doesn't work with single player and I need to host a non-dedicated or a private server

[J_Snipe]

Hi. In single player, I believe changing settings in an .ini file does not change the settings set in the Game Rules or Advanced tab setting located after resuming game but before launching the saved game. Once game save has been started, the .ini files are update with the setting in the Game Rules/Advanced tabs. This might be why you do not see changes do to setting reverting to what is in the Game Rules/Advanced tab settings. The only things that should be changed via the .ini files for single player is line items that are non-existent in the Game Rules/Advanced tabs (such as OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0) and can be added. I will get to this one in a bit.


For harvest rates, start Ark; click create or resume game; click on the "games Rule" tab and then the "World" Tab. The third option down will allow you to adjust harvest amount settings. For single player, always adjust any setting listed in the Game Rules and Advanced tabs this way and not in the .ini files.


For Spawn Amount: Assuming you are talking about the amount of dinos throughout the Island_wp map, then: click create or resume game; click on the "games Rule" tab and then the "Creature" Tab. The first option will allow you to change this. Default is 1. To double spawns, change the number to 2. Be careful for obvious reasons here.

For higher dino levels to spawn, Adjust in game settings as follows first: Click create or resume game; click on the "games Rule" tab and then the "World" Tab. Turn "Max Difficulty Level" to OFF, and the "Difficulty Level (if not maximum)" to 1. Now go into the GameUserSettings.ini found at .(where ever you have your games)...\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\Windows\GameUserSettings.ini Place the following:

[ServerSettings]
DifficultyOffset=1
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0

***Note, the [ServerSettings] will already be present, just add the two line items under it. If either of these line items are anywhere else in the ini file, delete them and just have these two directly below the [ServerSettings].

The OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0 allows for up to level 150. I think OverrideOfficialDifficulty=10.0 will allow up to level 300.

*** Note: If you change dino levels, the current spawned dinos do not change. They must be destroyed for the new higher levels to spawn. While in game, open the command console and at the bottome of your screen, type: DestroyWildDinos and then press enter. It's a good idea to have a wild dino in view (close or far, does not matter) to observe if it disappeared. The command is case sensitive so ensure the capital letters are there. Can just copy and paste this. Now give a couple of minutes and look around. If using the settings above and dino levels are in increments of 5, then max level will be 150.

The Island map is notorious for applying more weight to lower level dinos meaning that more lower level dinos will spawn. The higher dinos are more rare. Just have to find them. Again, if the dino levels are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, etc etc etc, the max level is set to 150 and a 150 will be somewhere eventually.

If you add any line items to an .ini file that is not in the games setting via inside the game (-- in the Game Rules or Advanced tabs) then they will not be affected by changes in those tabs. There is no need to make these .ini files as Read Only. I actually recommend not making them Read Only so that if there is an update (Likely), then having issues are less likely to happen.

Once things work the way that you want them to, then make a copy of the ini files that you changed. Good to keep an extra.

Good luck and have fun.

[IncindiAhri]

Originally posted by J_Snipe:

Hi. In single player, I believe changing settings in an .ini file does not change the settings set in the Game Rules or Advanced tab setting located after resuming game but before launching the saved game. Once game save has been started, the .ini files are update with the setting in the Game Rules/Advanced tabs. This might be why you do not see changes do to setting reverting to what is in the Game Rules/Advanced tab settings. The only things that should be changed via the .ini files for single player is line items that are non-existent in the Game Rules/Advanced tabs (such as OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0) and can be added. I will get to this one in a bit.


For harvest rates, start Ark; click create or resume game; click on the "games Rule" tab and then the "World" Tab. The third option down will allow you to adjust harvest amount settings. For single player, always adjust any setting listed in the Game Rules and Advanced tabs this way and not in the .ini files.


For Spawn Amount: Assuming you are talking about the amount of dinos throughout the Island_wp map, then: click create or resume game; click on the "games Rule" tab and then the "Creature" Tab. The first option will allow you to change this. Default is 1. To double spawns, change the number to 2. Be careful for obvious reasons here.

For higher dino levels to spawn, Adjust in game settings as follows first: Click create or resume game; click on the "games Rule" tab and then the "World" Tab. Turn "Max Difficulty Level" to OFF, and the "Difficulty Level (if not maximum)" to 1. Now go into the GameUserSettings.ini found at .(where ever you have your games)...\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\Windows\GameUserSettings.ini Place the following:

[ServerSettings]
DifficultyOffset=1
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0

***Note, the [ServerSettings] will already be present, just add the two line items under it. If either of these line items are anywhere else in the ini file, delete them and just have these two directly below the [ServerSettings].

The OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0 allows for up to level 150. I think OverrideOfficialDifficulty=10.0 will allow up to level 300.

*** Note: If you change dino levels, the current spawned dinos do not change. They must be destroyed for the new higher levels to spawn. While in game, open the command console and at the bottome of your screen, type: DestroyWildDinos and then press enter. It's a good idea to have a wild dino in view (close or far, does not matter) to observe if it disappeared. The command is case sensitive so ensure the capital letters are there. Can just copy and paste this. Now give a couple of minutes and look around. If using the settings above and dino levels are in increments of 5, then max level will be 150.

The Island map is notorious for applying more weight to lower level dinos meaning that more lower level dinos will spawn. The higher dinos are more rare. Just have to find them. Again, if the dino levels are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, etc etc etc, the max level is set to 150 and a 150 will be somewhere eventually.

If you add any line items to an .ini file that is not in the games setting via inside the game (-- in the Game Rules or Advanced tabs) then they will not be affected by changes in those tabs. There is no need to make these .ini files as Read Only. I actually recommend not making them Read Only so that if there is an update (Likely), then having issues are less likely to happen.

Once things work the way that you want them to, then make a copy of the ini files that you changed. Good to keep an extra.

Good luck and have fun.

Ah that makes a lot of sense, damn annoying that this is the change made to the ini files between ASE and ASA lol

For harvest rates I've tried setting them above the default max the game has but they still revert back to the default max which is annoying, difficulty and dino count do too like they had on ASE despite the max for count being 3 not 1 now but it still feels like 1 imo

I will try out the difficulty override position in the ini files though to see if that works out
*Edit* Sorry forgot I did try doing the difficulty override in the ini files and I still have the same issue and this is what I currently have it as
[ServerSettings]
DifficultyOffset=1
OverrideOfficialDifficulty= 5

[J_Snipe]

If you set "Max Difficulty Level" to OFF, and the "Difficulty Level (if not maximum)" to 1 in the game setting under the "Games Rule" tab and then the "World" Tab ****Ensure you click on the SAVE SETTINGS button at the bottom of screen before moving off that screen; and then go back into your GameUserSettings.ini file. Make sure there is no space between the = & the 5. Actually, can you copy and paste your GameUserSettings.ini here. The whole thing. Make sure there are no passwords in the copy.

Also, did you use DestroyWildDinos command, wait a couple or so minutes and go verify dinos spawning in increments of five?

[IncindiAhri]

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[IncindiAhri]

Oh notepad itself put a space there but notepad++ didn't show one lol though dino count doesn't have one and still remains the max of 3.0

[Bob Salot]

I am unsure about the spawn rates, but difficulty and harvest rates you set in-game and do not need to reset your world or edit behind the scenes files.

[IncindiAhri]

Difficulty is best set in files cause of the island being horrible for levels
Harvest rates I just want to do cause I'm not a builder typically whether on single player/non-dedicated or servers in a tribe so having the boost is nice

[J_Snipe]

Need to remove the space between the = & the 5 in OverrideOfficialDifficulty= 5. Then save. Best to use Notepad ++. To be sure, remove the = 5 and manually add it back with out the space. Save file. Start game from steam, use command console and use: DestroyWildDinos (again, case sensitive so use the capital letters where shown). All wild dinos should disappear and new dinos will start to spawn in. Takes a few minutes. When new dinos appear, ensure the levels are in increments of five (5, 10, 15, 20, 25....150). Only make changes to this line item in the ini and not the game settings menus in the game.

HarvestHealthMultiplier=3 is preference. The higher the number, the more hits is required to harvest the target (say a tree). The very small increase in mats harvested are not much so I don't think it is worth it. Might be better to just move to the next tree with the HarvestAmountMultiplier=10 already increased.

DinoCharacterStaminaDrainMultiplier=3 means that your dinos stanima will decrease faster (dino gets tired faster). If you want to slow stanima drain by about X3, use this: DinoCharacterStaminaDrainMultiplier=0.3

On single player with so many crashes in Early Access Ark, I recommend changing AutoSavePeriodMinutes=15 to AutoSavePeriodMinutes=5. This change can only be done in the ini and not in the Game rules/Advanced settings menus in the game.

ini files always want perfection. When something does not work, the problem is most likely a space, misspelling, accidental addition of a extra character (or missing one), or capitalization where required not being used. Always verify, save, and then test.

[IncindiAhri]

Have done that change and went back in but same issue everything was low after a dino wipe and a few more if that one didn't work

Wasn't sure how much harvest health affects it now so hadn't touched it but will do when I go into my ini files next

I do need to mess around with my dino stats a bit more to figure out where I want the stamina drain

Had completely forgotten to look for the autosave in ini files lol ty

and yeah they're as fickle as coding itself is for that

[J_Snipe]

Originally posted by IncindiAhri:

Oh notepad itself put a space there but notepad++ didn't show one lol though dino count doesn't have one and still remains the max of 3.0

If by dino count, you are refering to DinoCountMultiplier=7, this line item should multiply the total quantity of dinos spawned on the entire map but will not help levels. This line item is adjust in the game setting menu. Open game and go to "Game Rules" and then "Creatures". The first option "Max Count" is where to set the value.

By the way, SupplyCrateLootQualityMultiplier=350 is a restricted range between 1 to 5. Set at 350 does nothing and might null your changes keeping the quality at default. To max out, start game, navigate to "create or resume game" Click Advanced tab and then the MISC tab. In the right column, set Supply Crate Loot Quality to 5.

Best reference I have found and have used for my server & single player for years to understand and adjust ini settings / Config is: https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Server_configuration . The site is ASE and does need minor update for ASA but for the most part, it is doing just fine for me.

[J_Snipe]

Originally posted by IncindiAhri:

Have done that change and went back in but same issue everything was low after a dino wipe and a few more if that one didn't work

Wasn't sure how much harvest health affects it now so hadn't touched it but will do when I go into my ini files next

I do need to mess around with my dino stats a bit more to figure out where I want the stamina drain

Had completely forgotten to look for the autosave in ini files lol ty

and yeah they're as fickle as coding itself is for that

Everything will be low. The devs have applied spawns to favor low level over the high ones through spawn weights. Your max level is still 150 but finding the higher end will still be rare. The Island map is terrible even in ASE over the other maps. You will see a lot of level 5s, 10s, 15s, and so on. Dino levels and spawn weights are two different things. For example (these are not exact weights but for understanding); say Rex has an 80% chance to spawn T-Rex's between level 5 and 75: 15% Chance between 80 and 125; and a 5% chance between 130 and 150. Apply this to all dino types. You will see mostly low levels. You will need to go find that high level dino hiding under a tree somewhere.

Harvest health is adjusted in the game settings menu. navigate to "create or resume game" Click Advanced tab and then "World" tab. The first item in center column is Harvest health. I set mine to 0.8 because it really doesn't matter much.

To set stamina drain on dinos, start game, navigate to "create or resume game" Click "Game Rules" and the "Creature" tab. The Stamina drain setting is the fifth line down. Don't need to change in ini file. This is adjustable in the settings with game open. Remember to click save after changes and even before switching to a different tab.

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Yeah it's annoying on here compared to ASE, only other way I've been able to get 100s consistently almost is by doing the difficulty command in game but I have to keep putting that back in every time and just don't want to lol

If I do end up getting sick of trying to sort the files and settings for single player i'll probably just end up making myself a server to not deal with it as much anymore