Prevent Respawn Animation

[Xeno1987]

Not avaibable in host menue!

[🦊 Hermit]

I assume this is for a non-dedicated server?

Shut the game down completely. On the host computer, go to Steam > steamapps > common > ARK > ShooterGame > Saved > Config > WindowsNoEditor and look for a file named GameUserSettings.ini. Open it in Windows Notepad.

In there you should find a section named [ServerSettings]. Look underneath that header for the configuration setting. If it doesn't appear there, start a new line below the [ServerSettings] header and paste it in.

Make sure to delete the question mark before it, and set the value after the equals to True. Then start up the game and hopefully it should work.

[Xeno1987]

No WC says it must be in the hostmenue settings for singleplayer, by the way I don't touch any settings in the inis.

[🦊 Hermit]

I haven't heard anything about them adding it to the menus yet I'm afraid. They might be planning to do so, but I don't think it's there yet. As far as I know adding it to the ini files is the only way for now.

[Adi]

Well you are out of luck then lol

[Xeno1987]

Read patch notes it's in it.
- New host option to disable respawn animation

[🦊 Hermit]

You're right that it does say 'host'. However the full update note is:

- New host option to disable respawn animation. ?PreventSpawnAnimations=true

The ? before the command means that it is a config for a command line of a dedicated server. So in this case I think the 'host' means hosting the dedicated server, not single player. Command line configs can usually be added to single player games as well, but only via the ini files.

They may add a setting for it in the setup screen eventually, but I'm afraid I still believe it isn't there yet.