Extreme dino colours

[BlazingPilari]

I could only find "old" posts regarding this topic and hope there's a solution by now:

Is there any way to play Ark in single game with the vanilla colours?

I'm aware the tech-dino's are standard now, but can I please turn off the ridiculous colours? Personally I don't enjoy the bright red and such, since I play solo anyway I assume there should be an option(?) I just want to enjoy it the same as when I bought it

[Plague Phoenix]

The extreme colourd dinos shouldnt come back after you kill them, youre seeing remains of old events cause you dont clear your wild dinos.

[BlazingPilari]

Ty for the reply

Does that mean if I start a new game now there won't be any weird event stuff? Isn't there always some event going on? I mean, I would feel better if I can just turn it off forever

[Mardok]

there is a steam starting option to disable all event

[retsam1]

Originally posted by BlazingPilari:

Ty for the reply

Does that mean if I start a new game now there won't be any weird event stuff? Isn't there always some event going on? I mean, I would feel better if I can just turn it off forever

You do not even have to do that. All you need to do is when there isnt an event present and if you have legacies of colored dinos from other events, just use the admin command to destroy all wild dinos. They will reset(and this is actually a good idea to do once in a while for dino balance purposes, especially on some maps) the dinos and colorations.

Outside of that, you can also opt as Mardok said to prevent events from occurring as a launch command.

However, you need to be aware of one thing you cannot prevent: vivid color variations due to breeding mutations. You will still end up with that because that too is considered part of the "vanilla" experience. You have to remember Ark is not a prehistoric game. It is a post apocalyptic Sci-fi game and thus anything goes to a certain degree.

[BlazingPilari]

Thanks for the advises and work-arounds. I understand it fits the lore. However not how I bought it as finished product tho, so a bit disappointed devs force me....feels a bit like Mario suddenly wearing green after update

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by BlazingPilari:

Thanks for the advises and work-arounds. I understand it fits the lore. However not how I bought it as finished product tho, so a bit disappointed devs force me....feels a bit like Mario suddenly wearing green after update

You can turn it all off. Turn off events. Turn off tek. Turn off breeding.

No extreme colors.

[BlazingPilari]

yh you alrdy mentioned where I placed it as suggestion:

by messing around with ini files...uninstall and install cracked version of before these changes works as well...it should be an option, not a struggle (in my humble opinion)

just returned here bcsz Atlas suddenly became unplayable after a few weeks, do appreciate the suggestions tho

but nvm I'm alrdy sour, plenty other devs & games I guess

[retsam1]

Originally posted by BlazingPilari:

Thanks for the advises and work-arounds. I understand it fits the lore. However not how I bought it as finished product tho, so a bit disappointed devs force me....feels a bit like Mario suddenly wearing green after update

Its been a sci-fi game from the start. What this really just boils down to is your wants and expectations simply not matching the reality of the situation.

Originally posted by BlazingPilari:

yh you alrdy mentioned where I placed it as suggestion:

by messing around with ini files...uninstall and install cracked version of before these changes works as well...it should be an option, not a struggle (in my humble opinion)

just returned here bcsz Atlas suddenly became unplayable after a few weeks, do appreciate the suggestions tho

but nvm I'm alrdy sour, plenty other devs & games I guess

Sounds like then you just are probably better suited to shelve the game until it matches your delicate sensibilities if you're simply not willing to accept or roll with the way things/options available to you are.

[BlazingPilari]

@retsam1 I dont disagree, except I bought this game as finished (out of EA) meeting my expectations. The changes were made afterwards, I dont see how that was part of the deal. By your logic they could just as well change the dino's to robo-♥♥♥♥♥vcats and it would still fit the "sci-fi"

[KitsuneShiro]

Originally posted by BlazingPilari:

@retsam1 I dont disagree, except I bought this game as finished (out of EA) meeting my expectations. The changes were made afterwards, I dont see how that was part of the deal. By your logic they could just as well change the dino's to robo-♥♥♥♥♥vcats and it would still fit the "sci-fi"

Its always been scifi. Giant obelisks are a dead give away.

You have the tools to tailor the game to exactly how you want to play.