How to turn up maturation speed and make babies want to cuddle more often?

[Q]

I dont see an option on the host menu and there is literally nothing in the game notepad for the single playermenu. please help. im playing extinction core and dont want to take a year and a half to mature babies.

[Endel ✦]

Assuming single player, you have to add some things to your game.ini located in (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor) or a similar location.
These are what I use when breeding dinos in my single-player games so far:

BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=0.10
BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=1.0
BabyCuddleGracePeriodMultiplier=1.0
BabyImprintingStatScaleMultiplier=3.0
MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.01
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=15.0
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=15.0

I also usually turn the hunger drain for dinos down to about .3 or so while the baby is in its early stages so it doesn't die too quickly after hatching. You might need to tweak those settings to better suit your needs.

If you've never added anything to the ini you need to put [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] before everything else, brackets included.

[Q]

Originally posted by Moonid:

Assuming single player, you have to add some things to your game.ini located in (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor) or a similar location.
These are what I use when breeding dinos in my single-player games so far:

BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=0.10
BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=1.0
BabyCuddleGracePeriodMultiplier=1.0
BabyImprintingStatScaleMultiplier=3.0
MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.01
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=15.0
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=15.0

I also usually turn the hunger drain for dinos down to about .3 or so while the baby is in its early stages so it doesn't die too quickly after hatching. You might need to tweak those settings to better suit your needs.

If you've never added anything to the ini you need to put [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] before everything else, brackets included.

so do i put [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] at the top line or just before everything i add? ive never edited any code before so im kind of confused
and where do i go after i go to noeditor? it has
compat
DeviceProfiles
Engine
Game
GameUserSettings
Input
Lightmass
and Scalability

[Q]

if i put it in GameUserSettings it doesn't save after i close it. if i close the notpad all the things will close out.

[Endel ✦]

Originally posted by Triangle Man:

Originally posted by Moonid:

Assuming single player, you have to add some things to your game.ini located in (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor) or a similar location.
These are what I use when breeding dinos in my single-player games so far:

BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=0.10
BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=1.0
BabyCuddleGracePeriodMultiplier=1.0
BabyImprintingStatScaleMultiplier=3.0
MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.01
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=15.0
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=15.0

I also usually turn the hunger drain for dinos down to about .3 or so while the baby is in its early stages so it doesn't die too quickly after hatching. You might need to tweak those settings to better suit your needs.

If you've never added anything to the ini you need to put [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] before everything else, brackets included.

so do i put [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] at the top line or just before everything i add? ive never edited any code before so im kind of confused
and where do i go after i go to noeditor? it has
compat
DeviceProfiles
Engine
Game
GameUserSettings
Input
Lightmass
and Scalability

"Game" is game.ini, which is what you should be editing.
The script in brackets goes at the very top, everything else goes under it, doesn't matter what order. Make sure your game is closed before you save.

[Q]

Originally posted by Moonid:

Originally posted by Triangle Man:

so do i put [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] at the top line or just before everything i add? ive never edited any code before so im kind of confused
and where do i go after i go to noeditor? it has
compat
DeviceProfiles
Engine
Game
GameUserSettings
Input
Lightmass
and Scalability

"Game" is game.ini, which is what you should be editing.
The script in brackets goes at the very top, everything else goes under it, doesn't matter what order. Make sure your game is closed before you save.

So it should be blank until i add stuff in?

[Endel ✦]

Originally posted by Triangle Man:

Originally posted by Moonid:

"Game" is game.ini, which is what you should be editing.
The script in brackets goes at the very top, everything else goes under it, doesn't matter what order. Make sure your game is closed before you save.

So it should be blank until i add stuff in?

It might be. It doesn't have to be. You can just append things you want to add to it.

[Q]

Originally posted by Moonid:

Originally posted by Triangle Man:

So it should be blank until i add stuff in?

It might be. It doesn't have to be. You can just append things you want to add to it.

1 more question. i got it figured out, but is it the lower maturation speed number the faster or vice versa? and does level effect the process? i want things to almost instantly grow, and i tamed a 699 dodo that is now like 900 and want it to be quick.

[Vesuvius]

The higher the faster

[Vesuvius]

Also dont forget.... if you want to imprint you dont want them to mature too fast or you wont get 100%

[psychltu]

MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.1
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=50.0
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=50.0
bPassiveDefensesDamageRiderlessDinos=true
LayEggIntervalMultiplier=0.3
BabyImprintingStatScaleMultiplier=5.0
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=0.01
BabyCuddleGracePeriodMultiplier=0.01
BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=0.01

copy this and you have 3min timer, if u use cheats speed up the time then slow and it will be faster imprints 100%

[FuzzyWessy]

Is there any way to add this to my server?

[=Sarsante=]

Originally posted by lostsouldancing:

Is there any way to add this to my server?

Read the thread

[FuzzyWessy]

Originally posted by =T$ECore= Sarsante:

Originally posted by lostsouldancing:

Is there any way to add this to my server?

Read the thread

I did. The first reply says "assuming single player" which implies this will not work for a multi-player server and I did not see anything further in the thread about adding it to a server.

[Dan]

I mean... an easier fix would be to get the s+ mod, and use the nanny filled with honey.... wah-lah it'll imprint em bastards to 100% and even feed them for you! (or should, ain't been on Ark in a while.)