looking for server towards immersion

[Kostriktor]

and realism; dont like those colored dinosaurs and fake p2w content
just good old dino island survival
please help

[Xplorer.top]

answer just 1 question
who will maintain server with this conditions for free?
somebody allways should pay for this... at least for internet, electricity and so on...

[MikjoA]

Hey, I have my own dedicated server that runs 24/24 7/7 for projects but I have rooms for Ark servers, in fact I have everything ready for a clustered ARK, and I think you could like it. I had everything running until November or so, then I turned it off because I was playing alone and I took a break from gaming. But if people were playing I could have left it run 24/24 7/7.

About the servers, it was PVE but I am open to make a PVP one in parallel. But it feels Vanilla but with my personal tweaks to enhance solo / small tribes experience in my opinion, here it is

Basic multipliers :
XP : X1, that's low but I like the fact you can take times and the feeling of achievement is greater in my opnion. Though this setting could be increased a bit.
HARVEST : X2
TAMING : X3

BREEDING : I wanted to make life easier as it will be more oriented with smaller tribes / solo players, breeding is significantly faster but in my opinion not overpowered, it will still be a challenge. Most of the effort have can be done in the first hour so I can get back to real-life without worrying too much. And it will still require several days for very large breeds.
The first hour, you will have to give cuddles every 10 mins and yes severals times for large dino, but the cuddle grave period is extremly long, to the point you can come back the next day and finish the cuddling process giving you time to acquire what was missing in the beginning and still the chance to successfully get a 100% imprint. But as you see there is still some challenge it's just more relaxed and you still need to wait)

COLORS ? I don't like the events giving you colors that would otherwise only be possible to acquire through mutations... So on my server I didn't do the event which were mostly cosmetics anyway.
But I don't use mods to changes the wild dino colors, it's vanilla.

Other settings :
Resources/plants respawn closer to you build, so that they blend more with the environnement.
When you die, your bag won't last 20mins like usual, but several hours, giving you more chance to get back your stuff.
Cryopods,
If PVE, terrain collision is disabled allowing for more creative build, if PVP that setting
Pickup structure : Always enabled.
I am also looking for a way to disable Fantastic Tames. I don't like them.
Admin logging is enabled so everyone can see if commands are sent but I never play as an admin. I am a regular player on my server.

MODS ?
Yes there could be some, but nothing that goes against the lore/vanilla and nothing that shortcuts games mechanics.
Dino Mindwipe, lore-friendly and balanced stucture mods, solo farm mod maybe etc. But I would not add things like Super Spyglass, no overpowered dino etc.

Tell me if interested

[wacho]

try ours
[Crossplay Server] Prime Nexus - USA & EU Servers
https://discord.gg/prime-nexus

[WoiP]

Originally posted by MikjoA:

Hey, I have my own dedicated server that runs 24/24 7/7 for projects but I have rooms for Ark servers, in fact I have everything ready for a clustered ARK, and I think you could like it. I had everything running until November or so, then I turned it off because I was playing alone and I took a break from gaming. But if people were playing I could have left it run 24/24 7/7.

About the servers, it was PVE but I am open to make a PVP one in parallel. But it feels Vanilla but with my personal tweaks to enhance solo / small tribes experience in my opinion, here it is

Basic multipliers :
XP : X1, that's low but I like the fact you can take times and the feeling of achievement is greater in my opnion. Though this setting could be increased a bit.
HARVEST : X2
TAMING : X3

BREEDING : I wanted to make life easier as it will be more oriented with smaller tribes / solo players, breeding is significantly faster but in my opinion not overpowered, it will still be a challenge. Most of the effort have can be done in the first hour so I can get back to real-life without worrying too much. And it will still require several days for very large breeds.
The first hour, you will have to give cuddles every 10 mins and yes severals times for large dino, but the cuddle grave period is extremly long, to the point you can come back the next day and finish the cuddling process giving you time to acquire what was missing in the beginning and still the chance to successfully get a 100% imprint. But as you see there is still some challenge it's just more relaxed and you still need to wait)

COLORS ? I don't like the events giving you colors that would otherwise only be possible to acquire through mutations... So on my server I didn't do the event which were mostly cosmetics anyway.
But I don't use mods to changes the wild dino colors, it's vanilla.

Other settings :
Resources/plants respawn closer to you build, so that they blend more with the environnement.
When you die, your bag won't last 20mins like usual, but several hours, giving you more chance to get back your stuff.
Cryopods,
If PVE, terrain collision is disabled allowing for more creative build, if PVP that setting
Pickup structure : Always enabled.
I am also looking for a way to disable Fantastic Tames. I don't like them.
Admin logging is enabled so everyone can see if commands are sent but I never play as an admin. I am a regular player on my server.

MODS ?
Yes there could be some, but nothing that goes against the lore/vanilla and nothing that shortcuts games mechanics.
Dino Mindwipe, lore-friendly and balanced stucture mods, solo farm mod maybe etc. But I would not add things like Super Spyglass, no overpowered dino etc.

Tell me if interested

I would be willing to give this cluster a try if more people join, im tired of having to deal with people who like to set back new players just because they can, and looking to find one where people communicate with one another

[Kostriktor]

Originally posted by MikjoA:

Basic multipliers :
XP : X1, that's low but I like the fact you can take times and the feeling of achievement is greater in my opnion. Though this setting could be increased a bit.
HARVEST : X2
TAMING : X3

fine with these

Originally posted by MikjoA:

COLORS ?

"natural" colors only. no events, no bionics.

Originally posted by MikjoA:

MODS ?
Yes there could be some, but nothing that goes against the lore/vanilla and nothing that shortcuts games mechanics.
Dino Mindwipe, lore-friendly and balanced stucture mods, solo farm mod maybe etc. But I would not add things like Super Spyglass, no overpowered dino etc.

mod for big raft. raft bases are adventurous and leave the map free.
spyglass mod so you can see a dinos level quick; you do watch and judge.
when i see that raptor i know if hes strong or weak, but you dont, unless youve got spyglass.

of course intereseted but honestly dont put that thing back up just for me; i used to rent nitrado for hundreds of hours and know the drill.

[Xplorer.top]

How to get Tek giga then, if You haven't events...

[MikjoA]

Originally posted by Kostriktor:

[...]of course intereseted but honestly dont put that thing back up just for me; i used to rent nitrado for hundreds of hours and know the drill.

I turned them back online for myself too as I love Ark and it's hard to find a server with good settings they had been running for several months and I had done zero promotion.
The physical server is not rented, it's my own server and it's running 24/7 for other projects so it literally cost me nothing more to turn on my virtual machine hosting the ARK servers.

You can try my cluster with these IP :

open 90.121.220.27:1000 = THE ISLAND [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1001 = SCORCHED EARTH [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1002 = THE CENTER [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1003 = ABERRATION [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1004 = EXTINCTION [XP1-H2-T3-B10]

A few other details :

- it's configured for PVP but for 1-man tribes only but that could be modified if you want to come with some people.
- There are two mods : Dino MindWipe and Visual Storage.
- Fantastic Tames creatures spawn should be disabled.
- Automated maintenance / update with warning.
- Crash detection and hopefully auto-restart
- Automated backups

[Kostriktor]

Originally posted by Xplorer.top:

How to get Tek giga then, if You haven't events...

these robot-dinos remove my immersion and it feels terrible
i always replaced them with their meat and bone version on my server

Originally posted by Lisa:

that has an amazingly kind community, look up ''The Hangout''

wish you guys good times

Originally posted by MikjoA:

The physical server is not rented, it's my own server and it's running 24/7

real nice bro

Originally posted by MikjoA:

You can try my cluster with these IP :

open 90.121.220.27:1000 = THE ISLAND [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1001 = SCORCHED EARTH [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1002 = THE CENTER [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1003 = ABERRATION [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1004 = EXTINCTION [XP1-H2-T3-B10]

but you do colored and mechanic dinos ?

[MikjoA]

Originally posted by Kostriktor:

but you do colored and mechanic dinos ?

No event, just vanilla colors
Tek dino, not a big fan either, I haven't done anything about it yet. But I can disable them except on Extinction where I think they fit with the map theme. Did Wildcard enable them on every maps ?

[GyrosGetgo]

Originally posted by WoiP:

Originally posted by MikjoA:

Hey, I have my own dedicated server that runs 24/24 7/7 for projects but I have rooms for Ark servers, in fact I have everything ready for a clustered ARK, and I think you could like it. I had everything running until November or so, then I turned it off because I was playing alone and I took a break from gaming. But if people were playing I could have left it run 24/24 7/7.

About the servers, it was PVE but I am open to make a PVP one in parallel. But it feels Vanilla but with my personal tweaks to enhance solo / small tribes experience in my opinion, here it is

Basic multipliers :
XP : X1, that's low but I like the fact you can take times and the feeling of achievement is greater in my opnion. Though this setting could be increased a bit.
HARVEST : X2
TAMING : X3

BREEDING : I wanted to make life easier as it will be more oriented with smaller tribes / solo players, breeding is significantly faster but in my opinion not overpowered, it will still be a challenge. Most of the effort have can be done in the first hour so I can get back to real-life without worrying too much. And it will still require several days for very large breeds.
The first hour, you will have to give cuddles every 10 mins and yes severals times for large dino, but the cuddle grave period is extremly long, to the point you can come back the next day and finish the cuddling process giving you time to acquire what was missing in the beginning and still the chance to successfully get a 100% imprint. But as you see there is still some challenge it's just more relaxed and you still need to wait)

COLORS ? I don't like the events giving you colors that would otherwise only be possible to acquire through mutations... So on my server I didn't do the event which were mostly cosmetics anyway.
But I don't use mods to changes the wild dino colors, it's vanilla.

Other settings :
Resources/plants respawn closer to you build, so that they blend more with the environnement.
When you die, your bag won't last 20mins like usual, but several hours, giving you more chance to get back your stuff.
Cryopods,
If PVE, terrain collision is disabled allowing for more creative build, if PVP that setting
Pickup structure : Always enabled.
I am also looking for a way to disable Fantastic Tames. I don't like them.
Admin logging is enabled so everyone can see if commands are sent but I never play as an admin. I am a regular player on my server.

MODS ?
Yes there could be some, but nothing that goes against the lore/vanilla and nothing that shortcuts games mechanics.
Dino Mindwipe, lore-friendly and balanced stucture mods, solo farm mod maybe etc. But I would not add things like Super Spyglass, no overpowered dino etc.

Tell me if interested

I would be willing to give this cluster a try if more people join, im tired of having to deal with people who like to set back new players just because they can, and looking to find one where people communicate with one another

Id been down for this server...I'd even donate. Not sure how to keep in touch cause these discussions dont notify ya of replies. The only thing i can see being an issue would be slow breeding...imo a rex should take no longer than 24 hours to raise.

[GyrosGetgo]

Originally posted by MikjoA:

Originally posted by Kostriktor:

[...]of course intereseted but honestly dont put that thing back up just for me; i used to rent nitrado for hundreds of hours and know the drill.

I turned them back online for myself too as I love Ark and it's hard to find a server with good settings they had been running for several months and I had done zero promotion.
The physical server is not rented, it's my own server and it's running 24/7 for other projects so it literally cost me nothing more to turn on my virtual machine hosting the ARK servers.

You can try my cluster with these IP :

open 90.121.220.27:1000 = THE ISLAND [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1001 = SCORCHED EARTH [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1002 = THE CENTER [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1003 = ABERRATION [XP1-H2-T3-B10]
open 90.121.220.27:1004 = EXTINCTION [XP1-H2-T3-B10]

A few other details :

- it's configured for PVP but for 1-man tribes only but that could be modified if you want to come with some people.
- There are two mods : Dino MindWipe and Visual Storage.
- Fantastic Tames creatures spawn should be disabled.
- Automated maintenance / update with warning.
- Crash detection and hopefully auto-restart
- Automated backups

Ill try again, but keep timing out...hope this wasnt a once off lol...sounded promising.

[Kostriktor]

Originally posted by MikjoA:

Did Wildcard enable them on every maps ?

yes they did

Originally posted by GyrosGetgo:

a rex should take no longer than 24 hours to raise

agree; 1 or 2 days is enough

[MikjoA]

Originally posted by GyrosGetgo:

Id been down for this server...I'd even donate. Not sure how to keep in touch cause these discussions dont notify ya of replies. The only thing i can see being an issue would be slow breeding...imo a rex should take no longer than 24 hours to raise.

Originally posted by GyrosGetgo:

Ill try again, but keep timing out...hope this wasnt a once off lol...sounded promising.

Hey thanks for your word, I am sorry you're timing out.. Could you tell me which server did you attempted to join ?
I am going to check them all during my pause.

I am glad you like my setting, the breeding should be much faster than vanilla, it's X10 so I think a rex is about 1 day or a little bit more. A giga is 3 or 4 days if I recall correctly.

If you like my servers, and willing to help, promoting the server would be a lot more helpful ;) as I am a bit busy


EDIT : I've checked my servers during noon time, hmmm I had a black screen first and it didn't seem it would connect, is that the issue you've encountered ?
What servers did you try to connect to?

If you are having the same issue, I fixed it by going to the mod list menu then "installed mod"
Then "unninstall all mods"
Then I tried to reconnect again, and the mod redownloaded and it connected flawlessly... Not sure why it does that, is it a server issue ? or is it an Ark issue ?

Since this issue seems to be clearly related to mods, in the meantime I will disable them and openup a new test server to find a way to fix the issue. Maybe it has to do with the NGFW firewall I use, it's quite restrictive, I'll check that in the coming days.