Replace dinos with other dinos in single player ?

[JusTaGamer]

Hi, how do I replace wild dinos in the local game single player ?

thanks for help !

[🦊 Hermit]

First up, make sure Ark isn't running. Then go to:

Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor

In that location you should see a few .ini files, including one named 'game.ini'. Open that up with a text editor - something simple like Windows Notepad will do.

In the file, you should see the line [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] at the top, followed by lots of configuration settings each on their own line, with numbers after them. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the file, and start a new line there. On that new line, paste this:

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="",ToClassName="")

Now you'll need the classnames of the creatures you want to replace. Those can be found here, in the Entity ID column. They end in 'BP_C':

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

Put the classname for the creature you wish to remove in the first quotation marks area. If you wish you can leave the second quotes blank and the creature will simply not spawn at all. But if you want to have it replaced with another, put the second classname in the second quotes. So for example:

To remove gigas from the map completely and stop them spawning:

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Gigant_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")

Or to replace pegomastax with dilophosaurs:

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Pegomastax_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="Dilo_Character_BP_C")

You will need to add a new NPC Replacements line for each different creature you want to replace/remove. Make sure to put each one on a separate line in the file. Once you have done all the ones you want, save the file and close it down.

That will stop new creatures spawning in, but any which were in the map before you added the configs will still be there. So to remove those, start up the game and enter into your saved world. Find somewhere safe to stand for a while where you won't be attacked, then press TAB. That should bring up a text box at the bottom of the screen. In that box, type this, and then press enter:

destroywilddinos

That will remove any wild creatures on the map, and force the game to respawn new ones according to the config rules you set in the file. This may cause a moment or two of lag, so give the game a little time to catch up. But then you can go ahead and play, and the creatures you removed should not appear, or be replaced with the other ones you chose instead.

Hope that helps.

[JusTaGamer]

Thanks Hermit !