How do you use GetAllLocation?

[Feynt]

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I've tried prefixing "cheat" and "admincheat", but I just get "Command not recognized" in the server window. Using "GetAllLocation Gigant_Character_BP_C" copied from another thread verbatim which supposedly worked for the original poster just yields "Unrecognized class Gigant_Character_BP_C" in my in game console. I have enabled cheats and can zoom around in creative mode. Using the command via the server window yields no results at all, not even a complaint about the class.

[Xandor]

I use it to find giga and carcha, it works great for me. (I know how many I have and then I use the command to see if there is any more in the world to see if another have spawned)

I think you get that error if there is no spawned creature of that class, since I had already tamed both giga and carcha before I figured out the command exist it always worked for me since my creatures existed. Try using it on some other creature, you can look at the fandom wiki to see spawn commands for each creature and the last part of the spawn command is the creature class.
Example to find all dodos: (there should be a bunch of them spawned so shouldn't get that error)
GetAllLocation Dodo_Character_BP_C

If you want to read the coordinates it output then first coordinate is X (horizontal) and second coordinate is Y (vertical). 0 0 is the middle of the screen. divide the X coordinate by 8000 and the Y coordinate by 8500 to find out what coordinate it actually is at.
-80000 -60000 would be at -10 -7 from middle (which would actually be 40, 43).

[Feynt]

Yeah I know what I should be typing, but even copying your text exactly, it gives me "Unrecognized class Dodo_Character_BP_C" with cheats enabled. Without cheats it silently fails.

[Feynt]

Update: The command seems wildly inconsistent in use. Earlier when I tried the Dodo check it wouldn't work. Now when I use it I get SOME results, but not nearly as many as the 572 that should be on the map. I think the command only detects things within a certain distance of me, rather than across the whole map. GetAllState not working just makes finding stuff more difficult than it needs to be...

[.:[Double Helix]:.]

Have you tried using the mod "simple dino finder"
it seems to do what you are trying to achieve but in a cleaner more functional way.
you can find all dinos on the map with level, sex, stat info provided.
the recent update put in a tab and improved search function. big shout out to the person who made it....

[Feynt]

I haven't, mostly because I'm trying to keep from using mods that the other players can use which can find dinos. I'm looking for console commands to help find dinos as an admin, both to confirm they exist, and to track event dinos I'm seeding around the map.

[.:[Double Helix]:.]

i have never hosted an Ark server. but have used the dreaded Nitrado to host a LO cluster before that game went to ♥♥♥♥.
is it possible to have Mods that only the server Admins can use. ?
Simple Dino finder allows you to Track dinos both tame and wild using the new map POI function. it would be perfect for your event dinos you are placing.

i am surprised no one has made an "Admin mod pack" with tools to help track stats, dinos and events.

[SpeedFreak3]

I'm sure some of the custom tailored community-server mod bundles have some of these features but they are not meant for public use anyway.
I'm not familiar with dino finder mods but as long as the function is tied to craftable buildings/items one can always hide the engrams and only spawn it in for admin use.
This way players have no access.

[Martin]

Cheats in single player operates completely different to on a server.. for servers you usually need a mod just to activate the cheats..

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Originally posted by Feynt:

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I've tried prefixing "cheat" and "admincheat", but I just get "Command not recognized" in the server window. Using "GetAllLocation Gigant_Character_BP_C" copied from another thread verbatim which supposedly worked for the original poster just yields "Unrecognized class Gigant_Character_BP_C" in my in game console. I have enabled cheats and can zoom around in creative mode. Using the command via the server window yields no results at all, not even a complaint about the class.

I'm pretty sure the parsing of the feedback is buggy. For instance, if there are Zero detected instead of saying zero detected it just defaults to saying 'unrecognized command'.

Also, I am not sure about this, but I think the new way the devs have dinos in a different state now when not rendered in, that command will fail until you actually fly over one and spawn it in world. If it has been spawned in, and then subsequently placed into idle state, I think it would work then. However prior to actual initial render, it may have issues working as you are trying to use it.

Hope this helps!