[01/10/15] Community Crunch 21

[Jat]

Community Crunch 21!

Greeting Survivors!

Welcome to the 21st issue of the Community Crunch! To those unaware this is a topic which primarily consist of content to share, made by the community, for the community! As well as any little changes I want to make survivors aware about, which happen within our community ;).

Trophy System

Our Trophy System will be ready to go out with patch 217! So if you’ve won a Survival of the Fittest Championship, you’ll be able to show off your awesome new trophies engraved with your personal handles to the whole ARK universe. And of course, The Last Stand Tournament will have its own massive awesome Trophy set -- the victors’ rewards aren’t only cash prizes! :) So if you’ve won a tournament be sure to check your in-game inventory after respawning as the patch rolls out and get ready to decorate your bases with your awesome new trophies!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527654163
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527654348

Fanart, Screenshots and more!

Nature ARKumentary by N4t4niell

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526939114
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526939416
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526938753
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526947734

Rest of the wallpapers:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/517142892072497932/#c517142892072627631

In our most recent Community Crunch Contest submission thread, frequent contributor N4t4niell wanted to show off their incredible wallpaper shots they took in ARK! Here are some of the beautiful shots and you can grab the rest in high-resolution here![mega.nz]

Really fantastic stuff and we’d like to send you a gift for taking these fantastic shots on ARK, we’ll be in touch N4t4niell <3

Looks like many more of our survivors have got into taking nature and scenic shots because of the recent Biome patch! Here are some more great ones from the Community

Impressions by KillBill

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527596693

and they’ve taken quite a few more awesome shots you can check out here!

Snow Biome Panorama by The Foxeur

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527126051

Paraceratherium by luctus

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526903511

Beelzebufo by Bonewolf

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526402775

[Jat]

Santa and his Reindeer by madmax

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526687361

Little early for Christmas ;p but awesome use of the dye system :D!

and now for more artwork and fan-made dossiers!

ARK SE by Atlaz

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526297409

Wild Raptor by 彡Shenzi

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523235886

Fanmade Dossier: Megacerops by DragonAsis

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526663916

Fanmade Dossier: Woolly Rhinoceros by TGVaccaroo

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526150412

Fanmade Dossier: Griffin by STRai

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527073010

Fanmade Dossier: Gigant Bison by PabloCG02

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526323915

Fanmade Dossier: Bee by moimeme15

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=524682259

[Jat]

Community Contests!

Every week for the foreseeable future we’ll be hosting two contests for our Community Crunch. Remember for this week (and the foreseeable future!) we'll also be accepting entries for the newly introduced: Warpaint images, human and dino tattoos/bodyart for the #ARKArt award as well as bases both on your Brontos and Rafts for #ARKitect! Can’t wait to see the platform bases, the ships and tattoos/bodyart! Also can’t wait to see your new bases in the new biomes!

ARKitect

This is a title given to the Survivor who has created, in our eyes, the best base for the week. Survivors will need to upload their screenshots to the Community Hub, both the Artwork or Screenshot section will suffice and then post them in the designated thread, it’s also possible that we’ll see the screenshots in the hub but posting them in the thread will ensure that they’ll be spotted!

We’ll be judging the bases not on the quality of the screenshot, but on the unique designs, functionality, and the use of in-game tools available to you! At the end of each week, the screenshot for the best base will be featured in our #ARKitect section of the Community Crunch!

The #ARKitect award for Community Crunch 21 goes to…

First place...

And we have a tie!

Dragon Peak Temple by jessjshelton

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=525463729

Fernyard Stronghold by Titanium

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=509163991

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=509164143

Titanium has unfortunately hidden these screenshots from anyone but admins, we’ll have him open them up so you can check out how amazing they are!

Great work guys and congratulations as you are this week's ARKitects! We’ll be in touch to get the prizes handled!

Honourable Mentions / Runner ups

We’ve got a few runners up for ARKitect this week too! So big shout-out to them and we’ll be in touch too ;)!

Knee Manor House by Tkachenko

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526968729

Aerie’s Peak Village

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=525864736

#ARKArt

The second contest which will take place is for the #ARKArt award! This is a title given to the Survivor who has created, in our eyes, the best piece of art for that week using our new Per-Pixel painting system! Similarly to #ARKitect, Survivors will need to upload their masterpiece to the Community Hub, both the Artwork or Screenshot section will suffice and then also post them in the designated thread, it’s also possible that we’ll see the screenshots in the hub but posting them in the thread will ensure that they’ll be spotted!

The #ARKArt award for Community Crunch 21 goes to…

Kitty

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527800218
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527800118

Super cute painting and awesome Giraffe, hoping to see an entire zoo one day! :D

[Jat]

Workshopper Spotlight!

Workshopper: Swords

Survivors, this week we’re joined by Swords and they’re here to answer some questions and talk about their mods with us! Thanks for joining us! Do you think you could introduce yourself to the community, and let us know about what you’re currently working on?

Swords:

Hello, my name is Samson and my online persona is Swords, due to my love of everything medieval, I live in the US city of Seattle. We are coffee loving people. I personally have been waiting for a while for a method of teaching myself how to program and this mod kit does it. It's a fun way to stay engaged and learn something new every day. I'm the creator of NPC Bush Peoples! This mod adds wild human NPCs to the ARK. Everything is a work in progress and changes based on community feedback.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=521028716

Nice to meet you Swords! Have been keeping an eye on your mod for a while. It’s something the Community have really been after, we get a lot of posts, most notoriously in the ARK Digest asking us whether we’d consider doing human-mobs/tribal-AI in the game - right now it’s not something we’re considering but it’s really cool to see modders take a shot at it! Can you tell us more about the mod in particular?

Swords:

The Survivor mobs are tameable through both methods of violent and hand feeding, you can mount them, have them mount you and tossed just like a monkey. They come with custom fitting armor once you tame them you can gear them any way you like. In version 2 I have introduced the NPC fort, which is a bosslike dungeon where you need to kill the Queen inside to get the loot. I’ve also added some extra mobs so you guys should watch out for the wizard who uses long-range torpidity/fireballs/smoke grenades attacks.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=528138268

Oh wow, this is quite an exciting mod! A dungeon with a boss and different types of classes - very different! What else can your subscribers can look forward to?

Swords:

Right now I'm working on randomizing the variety of NPC looks, I started with the skin color now armor and ending with sizes. That's just NPC visuals, overall I don't think this mod will ever be completely done due to all the suggestions I'm receiving, anything and everything are possible once you get the proper workflow down.

Once visuals are done I will be introducing a prisoner capture bounty system, get caught, get dragged back to a fort and imprisoned you will be taken good care of and feed by the NPCs. Hire NPC assassins & bounty hunters for resources to search the map for your player target.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=528138007
That sounds like some pretty advanced AI! Can’t wait to check out the bounty-hunters and prison system when you’ve got them in place. Are you new to modding, or have you had previous experience prior to ARK? and where do you come up with the ideas for the mod?

Swords:

This mod is a learning experience, I started using the unreal engine when the DevKit came out, very frustrating and unforgiving at first but after awhile and some success everything else seems to just fall in place. There's just so much technical information that I can absorb and eventually incorporate into the mod it is truly ridiculous with no real limits besides my own knowledge. This mod is a progression of what I've learned, as time goes on you can expect to see more advance mechanics as I absorb more information and test my limits as a developer.

I get a lot of wild ideas as well as ideas from the community, I then visualize it, search the official mod forums , ask questions on the UE4 answerHUB and post again if needed on UE4 forums, even though they keep telling me to go back to the ARK forums, someone will always answer your questions. Youtube tutorials are very helpful as well, I personally will start a series explaining in detail how to make your own NPC human in the coming weeks ahead, so you guys can look forward to that!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=528138116

Awesome. I’m sure there are more people who want to work on their own AI and Human NPCs for their mods so that tutorial will be very helpful. Do you have any other tips and tricks for upcoming modders from your own experiences?

Swords:

When following tutorials, try to achieve your goal without any instructions. For myself I felt a sudden click when I actually started understanding what variables where and why they were being used. I read the documentation on everything that I was even remotely unsure of. Don't let crashes discourage you! eventually, you won't get any. This mod is just me taking what's already there and fine tuning it for something else. And also always remember to aim for the head and constantly move in figure eight circles. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuTbrPYIx_A

Thanks for the tips Swords! Really appreciate it, looking forward to how your mod grows and excited for the features you’ve got coming, along with your youtube series! Do you have anything you’d like to say before we wrap this up?

Swords:

Thanks to all my subscribers and the community for the feedback and suggestions they provide about my mod! Really helps me progress and please do keep them coming. If you haven’t checked out my mod, give it a try and feel free to share your input on any issues you come across!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa8PjmXpwZA

Alienware Modding Contest

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=499732860

Hope you guys haven’t forgotten about the epic modding contest we’ve got going with Alienware! We encourage any and all survivors interested in modding and currently working on their own version of the ARK to submit their mods to the contest! We’ve got loads of prizes up for grabs and are super excited to see your envisions of ARK come to life!

We’ve also recently extended the original deadline, so check out this thread for all the extra details!

That’s it for this week’s Community Crunch guys! As always if you’ve got anything to share please get in touch and be sure to follow us on Twitter at @survivetheark, Facebook at www.facebook.com/survivetheark and Reddit atwww.reddit.com/r/playark!

Thanks everyone!

All the best,

Wildcard Jat and the ARK Survival Evolved Team

[leftharted]

Awesome!

[Pizzamario]

Congrats to the winners.

[Sever]

Bit unclear how you find the contest entries. Only hashtags were supplied, but not where to use them or where to submit screenshots, etc.

[TheFoxeur]

wohou thanks so much ;)

[Titanium]

Thanks for the heads up on my base. Sorry about pics being private, I made them public.
Congrats to all the others as well as the modders for their good work.

[Woof]

What are the limits on the in-game painting entries? I love drawing with pixels in Paint Tool Sai, which I can convert and transfer to the game, but does it qualify since it wasn't made in-game, per se?

[Jill]

Congrats to the winners from Arkitect. The buildings are awesome!
And thanks :o Im happy that my fat giraffe won :D

[22Habu22]

Wow! I loved that griffin :D

[xxGBHxx]

Gratz winners!

[unclewizard]

BEES

[jessjshelton]

Beautiful pictures! Didn't expect the Temple to win, shared with Titanium. Well done everyone!

[Vulkalu]

Oh, wow. I didn't even realize my griffin was put in here. That's cool.

And I'm a few days late, but gratz to the winners.