Depth/height map available?

[Windwalker82]

I am currently messing around in singleplayer on the Center, and I was wondering if there exists a relief map or so-called "heat map" that shows the height and depth differences on the Ark. Partly out of curiosity, but also a little bit because I'd like to know all the tall peaks and deep crevices for stash purposes...

Does anyone know of a map like this or if it could be made?

[JDaremo Fireheart]

have you tried doing an image search in google?

[EzRyder]

i doubt you will find one - there is no way to map elevation with any accuracy in Ark as there is no Z axis available in game (you can get x & y axis from a gps but useless for elevation data)
Edit: Its possible you could get that elevation data thru the dev kit i would imagine but ... no idea myself

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Originally posted by AirCaptain:

i doubt you will find one - there is no way to map elevation with any accuracy in Ark as there is no Z axis available in game (you can get x & y axis from a gps but useless for elevation data)

you mean like this?
https://img.fireden.net/vg/image/1456/87/1456874804156.jpg

[Eightball]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

Originally posted by AirCaptain:

i doubt you will find one - there is no way to map elevation with any accuracy in Ark as there is no Z axis available in game (you can get x & y axis from a gps but useless for elevation data)

you mean like this?
https://img.fireden.net/vg/image/1456/87/1456874804156.jpg

No, it would be a grey scale image with white and black being the highest and lowest points and different values of grey being everything between... but that is a really cool image.

[Leslie]

I doubt anyone is going to assemble such a map until the devs are done modifying the maps. Twice now I have had to redo fence foundations and walls because "someone" ran a smoothing tool over the map before releasing a patch.

As for "could such a map be made"... yes, I would guess by taking horizontal slices through the map in the devkit. But to make it to the level of detail you need to find stash locations, it would be huge. Besides, if you used it to place stashes, others would use it to look for stash locations.

[EzRyder]

not always greyscale but yea same dif - here is an example of a color scale elevation map btw
http://topocreator.com/ned-jpg/city_a/600/ca.jpg

[Windwalker82]

Originally posted by AirCaptain:

not always greyscale but yea same dif - here is an example of a color scale elevation map btw
http://topocreator.com/ned-jpg/city_a/600/ca.jpg

This is exactly what I mean. But then below water included.

Originally posted by preorbital:

I doubt anyone is going to assemble such a map until the devs are done modifying the maps. Twice now I have had to redo fence foundations and walls because "someone" ran a smoothing tool over the map before releasing a patch.

As for "could such a map be made"... yes, I would guess by taking horizontal slices through the map in the devkit. But to make it to the level of detail you need to find stash locations, it would be huge. Besides, if you used it to place stashes, others would use it to look for stash locations.

Good point.

Creating it myself seems daunting. Not really worried about those potential stashes, while it would be fun to have that option I also used it as an example.

Creating it myself seems daunting. Not that I'm lazy, I just know some of my strengths, and dev kits are not among them. ;)

[🦊 Hermit]

The depth on the Center map is gonna triple next update with the addition of the deep water sections to the east...

[Windwalker82]

Originally posted by Hermit:

The depth on the Center map is gonna triple next update with the addition of the deep water sections to the east...

TRIPLE? Oh man... I need to start planning for a RAM upgrade...

[🦊 Hermit]

https://twitter.com/evilmrfrank/status/824010289792319488
https://twitter.com/evilmrfrank/status/831624713277431808

:)