Homestead Update vs Structures Plus

[PiercedEye]

Question: the new Homestead Update adds parts of Structures Plus to the game. Does that mean, I need to remove Structures Plus from the mods list or can it work beside the Update?

[The Chemical Dragon]

As a server operator, these questions are VERY crucial to answer. I've been hunting around for hours for information.

Structures Plus mod uses specific entityID's to identify the objects as part of the S+ mod. Has Studio Wildcard incorporated some automagic code to recognize pre-built S+ structures and entityID's and objects in the map file, or is this update going to need both to run at first, so survivors can convert assets to the new homestead format?

So many questions. Making a backup of server for when all this goes sideways.

[GeekyGek]

we shut down our servers running structures + as many of the structure + items kept vanishing after the recent updates, waiting for a fit currently.

[Nettle]

The only player I've heard from says that snap points are weird when running both this update and S+. Kinda makes me nervous. I'm near 100% sure that the patch's system is not a replacement and will not preserve S+ structures if removed.

[Oohk]

has there been any information on a tool that could convert the s+ items to the new homestead system. We have 4 servers with some extensive bases all built in s+

[Gaeric]

The snap points are really weird right now for me, I uninstalled S+ and reinstalled when the issue persisted regardless. It's borderline unplayable because I can't get foundations to snap together on any surfaces on the Island. Haven't tried the other maps yet.

Edit: Can't stack foundations either, sadly. That was a function of S+ that I loved.

[PixeledPhoenix]

confirmed same on Rag. Snap points are nonexsistant for me and wondering if it's a option to turn back on now?

[PiercedEye]

That does not sound to good. I probably better wait if some more infos turn up.

[Nettle]

Yeah the beta command for opting out of the structures "AllowIntegratedSPlusStructures=false" doesn't work for this update. Unfortunately we are forced to upgrade to a buggy version until we can find a fix :/.

[Mad Dissonance]

same on my cluster

[Zera_Fox]

S+ has been declared to no longer be supported after this update to ARK.

S+ should work alongside this new update, although expect bugs to occur with some of the structures.
The mod has also gone open-source, so some variant down the line that reduces the mod to the essential S+ features we've all come to love (that weren't included in base-game) are likely to turn up on the workshop.

S+ Mod structures should not 'automatically convert' to the new vanilla structures. They are completely seperate in-game items and for them to be able to 'convert' would cause the original structure's to vanish.

My suggestion would be to leave the S+ mod installed and use the provided converter to switch your vanilla replacements back to vanilla items and prepare to uninstall S+ in the long-run.
Eventually this version of S+ will break completely, and it is best to prepare for this inevitable future while there is still time to do so.
Especially since many servers or SP games likely have quite a few structures built in S+ parts.

I do expect some off-shoot mod to be developed in it's place that will at-least take some of the best parts of S+ and bring them back in full functionality.

[Blaze1961]

Does anyone know if these issues above effect a new game or are they just playing an old save? It's been awhile since I have played (solo) and when I seen this update I want to get back in but if it having issues with a new game I may as just wait for an update.

PC version if that matters

[Mathrezin]

Good work, old and new didnt snap together , thumbs up

[Max]

None of our s+ items snap together anymore, not just foundation, old or newly crafted, yikes, this will be interesting...

[Blaze1961]

Originally posted by Max:

None of our s+ items snap together anymore, not just foundation, old or newly crafted, yikes, this will be interesting...

Have you tried a new game?

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by Max:

None of our s+ items snap together anymore, not just foundation, old or newly crafted, yikes, this will be interesting...

same here