Nerfed dinos are -ALL FIXED- here's how to do it.

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So I woke up today, excited the dinos are fixed and anxious to try and fix them on my unofficial server. It works, it worked for me, and I'll go step by step what I did that worked and outline everything for the rest of you.

I shut down my server, did the update, did 2nd update for steam verification pass.

Then I went here for my server (This location will be different depending on where you have your server installed, I dedicated a SSD to mine so on my server computer it's D:).

D:\ArkServer\Shootergame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer

And in here I opened the file "game.ini".

I scrolled to the very bottom and hit enter to a new line and added the following to the bottom of the ini file:

PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[0] = 1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[8] = 1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[0] = 1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Affinity[8] = 1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[0] = 1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[8] = 1

Just like that.

But first, I tried just.. exiting the file and starting the server again. Then I found out, that the server it's self, is deleting those entries from the bottom of the config file. Why, I do not know, but this was bad.

So then I stopped server (Before it finished starting), and went and RE-ADDED the lines to the bottom of the ini file, flagged it read-only, then started server.

Get in game and, hallelujah! After 12 hours of frustration yesterday, all our dinos are bloody all over from the low health before and healing up to their pre-nerf full health now.

One screenshot of my Spineo for example. Well two:

http://www.outfoxed.net/ark/ShooterGame-2016-01-06%2012-44-03-13.jpg

Here it is on logging in today, all bloody and healing up.

Here's his stats:

http://www.outfoxed.net/ark/ShooterGame-2016-01-06%2012-44-14-29.jpg

You can see he's back to his pre-nerf health again and slowly healing up.

So this does work. Good luck fellow server admins.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Impending Rentacle Tape:

Actually even if we can manage to tame a good dino "s--t happens" and we still sometimes lose them to alphas i.......Even with my super level 262 saber cat on our server with 21,000 hp and a purple saddle, I went against an alpha trex a few months ago and only came out with 1500 hp left. A lot of that was being pushed off a cliff and taking fall damage.. and just general bullcrap. So no it's not always "Easy mode".

uhh, sorry. But even a level 10000 saber should not be able to kill a rex, period. You just illustrated why it's "easy mode".. And the fact that you did it even after being pusshed off of a cliff and other issues just proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the dev's were right and things have gotten out of hand and that people don't want a challenge.

[Anubis]

Originally posted by Flammy:

Actually, no. We do not want it "Easy" or "Cheating". We want it -EXACTLY LIKE IT WAS BEFORE-

It was easy and "cheating" the devs never meant the game to be that way, it was like a bug, a mistake some dev made that ended up making tamed dinos completely, ridiculously OP.

Whats the purpose of dinos on pvp? tamed dino versus tamed dino right?

If the Tribe "A" can have for example a rex with 80kHP, why tribe "B" cant have one too?

So, the "OP" dinos that you ppl claim that they where before its no sense, becouse everyone could have them, and the tribe that dedicates more time to tame, train and breed them, have the rigth to have the "OP" dino as you call it.

Whats the diference now? Its exact the same ♥♥♥♥ as before but with less stats.

Before:

Tribe "A":

4 rex 80k HP and 2k melee for example

Tribe "B":

4 rex 80k HP and 2k melee for example.

NOW:

Tribe "A":

4 rex 20k HP and 500 melee for example

Tribe "B":

4 rex 20k HP and 500 melle for example.


Cant see the diference?its only one, that you on combat now take less time to loose your dino and batles take less time, and less time batle= less fun.

And all of that with the same tamed/breed times....


Yep, you ppl are very smart, they were indead "OP", LOOOL

The one that called it "OP" where the ones powned by Alpha tribes, that cant or dont had time to breed or tame or lvl good dinos. And they will keep loosing like always, becouse theirs dinos get nerfed as like the Alpha tribe dinos, in real nothing change, only the time your dinos can live in batle are diferent..., yep, indeed "OP" dinos before, becouse only 1-2 person cud get a lvl 200+ rex with 60-80k HP..... Only see ppl that dont know how to loose....

[22Habu22]

Originally posted by jas dayzdrifter:

Originally posted by UGLZoological:

Im on an official server. your fix doesnt work for me.

officaial servers are a thing of the past now

So is spelling XD. In all seriousness, official servers are bad

[-xXx- OneWingdAngel]

Originally posted by Anubis:

Originally posted by Flammy:

It was easy and "cheating" the devs never meant the game to be that way, it was like a bug, a mistake some dev made that ended up making tamed dinos completely, ridiculously OP.

Whats the purpose of dinos on pvp? tamed dino versus tamed dino right?

If the Tribe "A" can have for example a rex with 80kHP, why tribe "B" cant have one too?

So, the "OP" dinos that you ppl claim that they where before its no sense, becouse everyone could have them, and the tribe that dedicates more time to tame, train and breed them, have the rigth to have the "OP" dino as you call it.

Whats the diference now? Its exact the same ♥♥♥♥ as before but with less stats.

Before:

Tribe "A":

4 rex 80k HP and 2k melee for example

Tribe "B":

4 rex 80k HP and 2k melee for example.

NOW:

Tribe "A":

4 rex 20k HP and 500 melee for example

Tribe "B":

4 rex 20k HP and 500 melle for example.


Cant see the diference?its only one, that you on combat now take less time to loose your dino and batles take less time, and less time batle= less fun.

And all of that with the same tamed/breed times....


Yep, you ppl are very smart, they were indead "OP", LOOOL

The one that called it "OP" where the ones powned by Alpha tribes, that cant or dont had time to breed or tame or lvl good dinos. And they will keep loosing like always, becouse theirs dinos get nerfed as like the Alpha tribe dinos, in real nothing change, only the time your dinos can live in batle are diferent..., yep, indeed "OP" dinos before, becouse only 1-2 person cud get a lvl 200+ rex with 60-80k HP..... Only see ppl that dont know how to loose....

Firstly i agree with your calculations. it is basicaly the same. and the tribes have the same chance to get what others have. The reason for the nerf was more towards the wld dinos not the PVP. now your 200 rex cant be a super hero towards the wild dinos. it still very much is a tank and arguing you need more HP is silly. its a survival game. now there is a chance to be over run in the wild. you are not surviving on the back of a 50 000k hp anything. i run around with 3000 hp dinos and still cant get my self killed. so i cant see why 50 k is necessary.There needs to be that "im going to die" element. you dont get it with 50 000 hp. on the back side PVP you, in return, have the same chance to defend as the others have the same dinos. you said it your self basicaly the same except the fights are shorter. if its the same whats the issue?

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So.. The bottom line. This entire thread is -NOT- a discussion on "this is good vs this is not good", you're all derailing the entire point here.

This is only for one purpose: Helping other admins return their servers to how things were before.

The reasons for why we want it that way are our own reasons, and should not be discussed as that's not the issue here. Please go make your own threads to rant about that and keep it out of our thread so we can stick to helping folks return their servers to "the correct ark", how it was.

[QueenlyVenomous]

Originally posted by Impending Rentacle Tape:

In general you're going to have a hard time getting these entered if you're renting a server from a hosting company, as most of them don't give you direct access to the files.

My thread here was mostly for indiviuals actually running their own real server, with full access to all files and everything.

With Bluefang u have direct access to all the files to change the settings and put them back to their prior or find yoru own balance.

[Munchies]

I still consider myself a noob in this game although I have my own server and about 50 hours or so, sooo I don't know much about this controversial nerf ... But I have had lots of servers during the years and I can tell you that You can allways access your server files via FTP no matter the provider.

Just download an FTP browser and get into your server ip with port 21 and probably your admin password.

For me it's different password since survivalservers provide me with all the needed access. F

or the fellows out there that have rented a server and don't have access - ask your provider and he will give it to you. You are a paying customer it's insane not to have access to your files - how are you doing backups? What if their servers crash? As admin I take care of the people on my server regardless if they raid my base or no :D I keep on my HDD all saves from every Monday 4 AM GMT+2 I have a script that does that for me, I just have to run it and it copyes the save files from the FTP on my PC. You can access and eddit all the files of your server regardless of the provider - or if your provider don't give you access - change it.

This is my advice as a person who have had over 20 servers for various games and various providers.

About the nerf TBH I am still learning and my server i set to relatively easy mode - meaning that you get x4 harvesting and x5 tame speed and stuff like that but I haven;t touched anything else untill I learn the ins and outs of the game. I would love to have powerfull dinos, but also I don't wan't easy mode where you are the GOD on the island ... There allways should be fear of raiding or of powerfull dinos spawning ... idk those are my preferences don't take my oppinion as something else please.

[.warro]

Originally posted by Munchies NerdsBG:

I still consider myself a noob in this game although I have my own server and about 50 hours or so, sooo I don't know much about this controversial nerf ... But I have had lots of servers during the years and I can tell you that You can allways access your server files via FTP no matter the provider.

Just download an FTP browser and get into your server ip with port 21 and probably your admin password.

For me it's different password since survivalservers provide me with all the needed access. F

or the fellows out there that have rented a server and don't have access - ask your provider and he will give it to you. You are a paying customer it's insane not to have access to your files - how are you doing backups? What if their servers crash? As admin I take care of the people on my server regardless if they raid my base or no :D I keep on my HDD all saves from every Monday 4 AM GMT+2 I have a script that does that for me, I just have to run it and it copyes the save files from the FTP on my PC. You can access and eddit all the files of your server regardless of the provider - or if your provider don't give you access - change it.

This is my advice as a person who have had over 20 servers for various games and various providers.

About the nerf TBH I am still learning and my server i set to relatively easy mode - meaning that you get x4 harvesting and x5 tame speed and stuff like that but I haven;t touched anything else untill I learn the ins and outs of the game. I would love to have powerfull dinos, but also I don't wan't easy mode where you are the GOD on the island ... There allways should be fear of raiding or of powerfull dinos spawning ... idk those are my preferences don't take my oppinion as something else please.

How would I go about setting up that save script you have? Would be great on my server :D I added you if you would be so kind to share your knowlage of this in chat as not to clog this disucssion post with unrelated topics

Cheers dude!

[Sam Of Haywood]

tbh i'd welcome the nerfs I just want the chance to reset my dino's stats according to the new nerf, once a dino mindwipe comes out i'll be undoing the fix and applying the stats to nerf standards

[Smithy164]

Doing this just makes the game boring as hell.....did it on our unofficial server and a direwolf with 400% damage could kill most dinos with 1-3 hits. If making your server seriously and boringly easy then go for it. But not for me :)

[ELITE-OSIRIS]

I don't understand this whole going back to how it was thing, the nerf was needed to keep the game interesting, running around with a 1300% melee and +30k hitpoints spino/trex was stupid, nothing could touch you anymore. It made the game a joke. I think its sad that the devs turned back the nerf partially becaus of all the people moaning. It still needs to be nerfed more if you ask me, I tamed a spino last night, lvl 94 tamed full kiblle at lvl 140, its 180 now with 18k hitpoints and 740% melee. it's to much and makes running around the island too easy... we need more nerfs....

[QueenlyVenomous]

Originally posted by Munchies NerdsBG:

I still consider myself a noob in this game although I have my own server and about 50 hours or so, sooo I don't know much about this controversial nerf ... But I have had lots of servers during the years and I can tell you that You can allways access your server files via FTP no matter the provider.

Just download an FTP browser and get into your server ip with port 21 and probably your admin password.

For me it's different password since survivalservers provide me with all the needed access. F

or the fellows out there that have rented a server and don't have access - ask your provider and he will give it to you. You are a paying customer it's insane not to have access to your files - how are you doing backups? What if their servers crash? As admin I take care of the people on my server regardless if they raid my base or no :D I keep on my HDD all saves from every Monday 4 AM GMT+2 I have a script that does that for me, I just have to run it and it copyes the save files from the FTP on my PC. You can access and eddit all the files of your server regardless of the provider - or if your provider don't give you access - change it.

This is my advice as a person who have had over 20 servers for various games and various providers.

About the nerf TBH I am still learning and my server i set to relatively easy mode - meaning that you get x4 harvesting and x5 tame speed and stuff like that but I haven;t touched anything else untill I learn the ins and outs of the game. I would love to have powerfull dinos, but also I don't wan't easy mode where you are the GOD on the island ... There allways should be fear of raiding or of powerfull dinos spawning ... idk those are my preferences don't take my oppinion as something else please.

Yep, i rock da hell out of Filezilla. Free to use and omg saves me soooo much time.

[QueenlyVenomous]

Originally posted by ELITE-OSIRIS:

I don't understand this whole going back to how it was thing, the nerf was needed to keep the game interesting, running around with a 1300% melee and +30k hitpoints spino/trex was stupid, nothing could touch you anymore. It made the game a joke. I think its sad that the devs turned back the nerf partially becaus of all the people moaning. It still needs to be nerfed more if you ask me, I tamed a spino last night, lvl 94 tamed full kiblle at lvl 140, its 180 now with 18k hitpoints and 740% melee. it's to much and makes running around the island too easy... we need more nerfs....

So having a level 4 wild dodo kill a level 120 tamed rex is balanced? Cause thats what happened to me and is not balanced. Hence the need to revert back until corrected properly.

[ELITE-OSIRIS]

Originally posted by raquelambersantiago:

Originally posted by ELITE-OSIRIS:

I don't understand this whole going back to how it was thing, the nerf was needed to keep the game interesting, running around with a 1300% melee and +30k hitpoints spino/trex was stupid, nothing could touch you anymore. It made the game a joke. I think its sad that the devs turned back the nerf partially becaus of all the people moaning. It still needs to be nerfed more if you ask me, I tamed a spino last night, lvl 94 tamed full kiblle at lvl 140, its 180 now with 18k hitpoints and 740% melee. it's to much and makes running around the island too easy... we need more nerfs....

So having a level 4 wild dodo kill a level 120 tamed rex is balanced? Cause thats what happened to me and is not balanced. Hence the need to revert back until corrected properly.

I can't comment on that unless you provide more details (screenshots or it dint happen ;(, but 1 snowflake does not make winter. But my experience with the nerf was that my trike had 12k hitpoints and 1000% melee and went back to 3,3k hitpoints and 300% melee, still able to kill almost anything but you had to be way more carefull, and I found it refreshing.

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Originally posted by Smithy164:

Doing this just makes the game boring as hell.....did it on our unofficial server and a direwolf with 400% damage could kill most dinos with 1-3 hits. If making your server seriously and boringly easy then go for it. But not for me :)

Originally posted by ELITE-OSIRIS:

I don't understand this whole going back to how it was thing, the nerf was needed to keep the game interesting, running around with a 1300% melee and +30k hitpoints spino/trex was stupid, nothing could touch you anymore. It made the game a joke. I think its sad that the devs turned back the nerf partially becaus of all the people moaning. It still needs to be nerfed more if you ask me, I tamed a spino last night, lvl 94 tamed full kiblle at lvl 140, its 180 now with 18k hitpoints and 740% melee. it's to much and makes running around the island too easy... we need more nerfs....

People, I'll say it again, -PLEASE- for the love of god and everything holy, just.. STOP with your conjecture and discussions about "this is good or this is bad or why do you want this crap". If you want to go back and forth about all of that, just go open your own thread about it and discuss there and stop taking over my thread and derailing it off topic.

This is only to help people that want it to get their servers reverted back to how stuff was, nothing more.

I wish reporting actually did something.. derailing threads off topic on purpose is supposed to be a violation of the steam forum rules.