SP respawn bug: bug or feature?

[KitsuneShiro]

So apparently the SP resource respawn bug isn't considered a bug, but intentional game design for SP.

See last post made by a moderator who didn't site his source.
https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/433485-fix-single-player-resources-respawn/&page=2

Another reason to just run a LAN server with ASM.

Edit: is a bug again.
Source : https://twitter.com/bubblywums/status/1126861019895271424/

I wonder exactly how long the big list really is. So much for transparency.

[Anubis]

I read it too and its stupid, we can spawn watever we want there, so why did they do that i cant understand.

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by Anubis:

I read it too and its stupid, we can spawn watever we want there, so why did they do that i cant understand.

If its really a game design for single player mode then it deserves a toggle. And should effect every non-plant resource. Since the Jen statement was never sited, i am not sure i really believe it was intentional or the WC PR team would have properly explained it.. People have been complaining for years.

[Vesuvius]

Yeah... says "as stated by Jen" with not even a where.

And its total bs.... if it was intentional then No resource would respawn leaving an increasingly depopulated map.

Realy annoys me that they have gone to volenteer moderators that act as though they officialy speak for WC

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by Vesuvius:

Yeah... says "as stated by Jen" with not even a where.

And its total bs.... if it was intentional then No resource would respawn leaving an increasingly depopulated map.

Realy annoys me that they have gone to volenteer moderators that act as though they officialy speak for WC

That thread was originally in suggestions (the new suggestions) and then moved to general. Then locked, unlocked, and locked again. I really don't get why WC will not either acknowledge the limitations of SP mode or actually fix things.

I personally only use the real SP mode for completely ephemeral things. My real games are played on a LAN server.

[British Geezer]

https://twitter.com/StevenTokewl/status/1124337999687196672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1124341655417630720&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsurvivetheark.com%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcore%26module%3Dsystem%26controller%3Dembed%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbubblywums%2Fstatus%2F1124341655417630720

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by British Geezer:

https://twitter.com/StevenTokewl/status/1124337999687196672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1124341655417630720&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsurvivetheark.com%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcore%26module%3Dsystem%26controller%3Dembed%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbubblywums%2Fstatus%2F1124341655417630720

Thanks for the source.

It should still be a choice for SP to opt in or out. Make it a checkbox then there would be less complaining and bug reports.

[KitsuneShiro]

Is May 3 2019 the only obscure official statement on this, because its been around for a long long time?

[British Geezer]

Your welcome, and yes it makes no sense whatsoever to use "cheating" as an excuse ... after all on single player you can spawn in whatever the hell you want, and this "intentional feature" forces you to open that door.

[British Geezer]

Originally posted by KitsuneShiro:

Is May 3 2019 the only obscure official statement on this, because its been around for a long long time?

it looks like Jen has talked on this subject before judging by her choice of words ... but I can't find it.

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by British Geezer:

Your welcome, and yes it makes no sense whatsoever to use "cheating" as an excuse ... after all on single player you can spawn in whatever the hell you want, and this "intentional feature" forces you to open that door.

There is creative mode now.

[Guardianangel93]

This is so stupid. If you can spawn in stuff, why would you ever restart the whole game again and again for resources?

[Ghost]

Originally posted by KitsuneShiro:

Originally posted by Anubis:

I read it too and its stupid, we can spawn watever we want there, so why did they do that i cant understand.

If its really a game design for single player mode then it deserves a toggle. And should effect every non-plant resource. Since the Jen statement was never sited, i am not sure i really believe it was intentional or the WC PR team would have properly explained it.. People have been complaining for years.

+1 for the toggle. Not that i totally buy this.

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by Guardianangel93:

This is so stupid. If you can spawn in stuff, why would you ever restart the whole game again and again for resources?

Especially when you can just lower respawn to near 0.

[crimsondrac]

Yeah, saying that "feature" is to prevent players from restarting the game for infinite resources is the dumbest excuse ever in a game that players can spawn anything in, use multipliers to increase the resources you do get or even control the amount of time before resources respawn. That is just another lame excuse by WC to explain away their ineptness at game design and programming.

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by crimsondrac:

Yeah, saying that "feature" is to prevent players from restarting the game for infinite resources is the dumbest excuse ever in a game that players can spawn anything in, use multipliers to increase the resources you do get or even control the amount of time before resources respawn. That is just another lame excuse by WC to explain away their ineptness at game design and programming.

Its not a bug its a feature...is a terrible excuse and given much too late.

I love Ark because of the customization. But Atlas was a flop. And the Snail games IP recycling games were as well.

WC has shown no improvement since beginning development of Ark. They haven't become better devs or learned from their mistakes. I still consider them novices.