Megalodon Overspawning - game.ini not fixing it

[Outlaw]

Hey all, im desperate. I am playing Fjordur using ASM. Megalodons spawn more than any fish in the sea, and its to the point where it is a drag. These should not be spawning that much. I have tried the following game.ini entry trying to reduce their spawn rate, but it doesnt seem to do any good. I started with this thinking it would halve the current population:

[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag=”Megalodon_Character_BP_C",SpawnWeightMultiplier=.5,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=false,SpawnLimitPercentage=.5)

After no change, I tried to cut it down to almost nothing:

[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag=”Megalodon_Character_BP_C",SpawnWeightMultiplier=.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=false,SpawnLimitPercentage=.1)

What am I doing wrong here? I really would like to get these reduced because any tame I have dies nearly instantly, even something like a mosa with 30k HP. Any help would be appreciated. Megalodons are currently spawning in packs of 8-12, and each group is within visual range of the next. The only other option I have left is to substitute Megalodon for something else like coelth fish....

[きょすけ]

Did you do a dino wipe (DestroyWildDinos)? No dino will despawn after being spawned no matter how you change the multipler or spawn percentage. Alternatively you can solely destroy megalodons only (cheat DestroyWildDinoClasses "Megalodon_Character_BP_C" 1)
if you don't want to destroy all the current fauna.

[🦊 Hermit]

A couple of things to note about your config line there -

1) The config in this case calls for the dino name tag, whereas the Megalodon_Character_BP_C is the megalodon's entity ID instead. The name tags for creatures can be found on the wiki here, look for the Name Tag column:

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Creature_IDs

The tag does not need to be enclosed in quotation marks, it should work without them.

2) I'm not sure whether the game will accept a multiplier value of just '.#' like that, you may need to put in the 0 as well. Try switching the .5 to 0.5 and see if that helps.

[Outlaw]

I have the option in ASM to Force Respawn Dinos on Startup, along with a daily restart in the wee morning hours. However, I cannot say if this feature is even working anymore. I know for a fact it used to work perfectly.

Aside from that, we kill megalodons en-mass and it is never ending. Even if the dino's were not wiped, actively killing them should still do something to balance out their numbers, but they just keep coming.

[Outlaw]

Originally posted by 🦊 Hermit:

A couple of things to note about your config line there -

1) The config in this case calls for the dino name tag, whereas the Megalodon_Character_BP_C is the megalodon's entity ID instead. The name tags for creatures can be found on the wiki here, look for the Name Tag column:

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Creature_IDs

The tag does not need to be enclosed in quotation marks, it should work without them.

2) I'm not sure whether the game will accept a multiplier value of just '.#' like that, you may need to put in the 0 as well. Try switching the .5 to 0.5 and see if that helps.

If it is that simple, I would be thrilled. I changed the name to Mega and the multipliers each to 0.5. Will do a server restart and report my findings.

[Outlaw]

Originally posted by 🦊 Hermit:

A couple of things to note about your config line there -

1) The config in this case calls for the dino name tag, whereas the Megalodon_Character_BP_C is the megalodon's entity ID instead. The name tags for creatures can be found on the wiki here, look for the Name Tag column:

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Creature_IDs

The tag does not need to be enclosed in quotation marks, it should work without them.

2) I'm not sure whether the game will accept a multiplier value of just '.#' like that, you may need to put in the 0 as well. Try switching the .5 to 0.5 and see if that helps.

Works like a champ, I am noticing far fewer Megalodons. Thanks Hermit!!!

[🦊 Hermit]

Glad to be of some assistance

[Green Odin]

Did you need to toggle ASM to allow for manual spawn control?

[Outlaw]

Originally posted by Green Odin:

Did you need to toggle ASM to allow for manual spawn control?

No, I just made an entry in the game.ini section.