um..... I dont know how to start?

[Stormfang]

So, im new at this and wanted to start playing but as soon as I tried to launch, it gave me a whole list of available ways to launch it and I dont know what is what? it was these:


play ARK: survival evolved
play ARK: no battleeye or anticheat, unofficial servers only
launch ARK (DirectX 10, Low-End Graphics)
launch ARK with NVIDIA Ansel
launch ARK (Reset Active Total Conversion)
launch ARK (extremely low memory)
launch ARK (no sky effects)
reset game resolution
uninstall battleye

I mean what even?.... I dont know what some of these do or why I would chose them (although some are self explanatory) whats the difference between play and launch? why would I choose any of these over another? Whats Ansel?
help pls...

[KitsuneShiro]

Just pick the top one

[pok]

Launch ARK (Extremely Low Memory)
This setting is recommended for systems with less than 4GB of RAM. It makes the game look quite a bit worse (though it is impossible to get a side-by-side-comparison), but can cause up to an 80% FPS increase.
Launch ARK ('No Sky Effects')
This setting disables some of the Sky effects seen in Ark. On most systems it won’t have a major impact, but may decrease CPU usage a little.
Launch ARK (Low Memory 4GB)
This setting makes ARK look a bit worse but still manages to get the same FPS as in the normal boot mode. It does, however, cause there to be less FPS drops. If your FPS is dipping regularly, this setting could be a good solution.
The majority of the following benchmarks will use the first, typical option: “Play ARK: Survival Evolved”. However, we will also do benchmarks for “Extremely Low Memory,” “‘No Sky Effects,’” and “Low Memory 4GB” to see how these affect performance, especially because it will be pertinent to those with lower-end systems. The others are for playing on different servers or re-setting features so these won’t really affect performance.

[margalus]

At the top of Steam click on Help and then System Information. Copy and paste all of the resulting text here.

[necaradan666]

Ansel is like a photo taking app, can freeze the game and rotate in 3d, change filters and effects etc, for making pretty screenshots.

Reset Game Resolution and Reset Total Conversion will just get your settings back to normal if you try to use unstable graphics settings, or want to remove a total conversion mod.

No battleye starts up the game without running the third party anti-cheat software, which you can do if you're not going onto a server that uses them.

As Kitsune says if you just want to play hit the top option.. play ark survival evolved. Or just create a desktop shortcut and not worry about making a choice each time you start up.

[Stormfang]

Originally posted by necaradan666:

Ansel is like a photo taking app, can freeze the game and rotate in 3d, change filters and effects etc, for making pretty screenshots.

Reset Game Resolution and Reset Total Conversion will just get your settings back to normal if you try to use unstable graphics settings, or want to remove a total conversion mod.

No battleye starts up the game without running the third party anti-cheat software, which you can do if you're not going onto a server that uses them.

As Kitsune says if you just want to play hit the top option.. play ark survival evolved. Or just create a desktop shortcut and not worry about making a choice each time you start up.

Does Ansel effect gameplay? and why does it say launch instead of play, or is that just semantic.

[necaradan666]

Not really sure, only used it for a few seconds when they released it. iirc it's an overlay that pauses the game and lets you manipulate the view for a good angle and stuff.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Stormfang:

Does Ansel effect gameplay? and why does it say launch instead of play, or is that just semantic.

You only want to launch in Ansel if you have an NVidia gpu that supports it AND you want to take screenshots. It is not for "playing" the game.

[Vesuvius]

Originally posted by Stormfang:

Originally posted by necaradan666:

Ansel is like a photo taking app, can freeze the game and rotate in 3d, change filters and effects etc, for making pretty screenshots.

Reset Game Resolution and Reset Total Conversion will just get your settings back to normal if you try to use unstable graphics settings, or want to remove a total conversion mod.

No battleye starts up the game without running the third party anti-cheat software, which you can do if you're not going onto a server that uses them.

As Kitsune says if you just want to play hit the top option.. play ark survival evolved. Or just create a desktop shortcut and not worry about making a choice each time you start up.

Does Ansel effect gameplay? and why does it say launch instead of play, or is that just semantic.

If your pc isnt up to it.... Ansel *can* crash your game as it attempts to use high resolution images.