ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Egon's Simple Mods: Silent Tek Generator - No running sound, no VFX, no fuel
64 Comments
猫爷° Jul 26 @ 4:34am 
Is there any way to configure the range
Codename: Zombie404 Jul 12, 2024 @ 11:54am 
Perfect. Just Perfect.
UndercoverNL Oct 22, 2023 @ 1:34pm 
The generator can't be placed on platform saddles, just like the normal tek generator. So for me its not usable.
Teal Aevitas Mar 18, 2023 @ 12:19am 
Beautiful mod. Peace and quiet, no more fireflies, and a whopping 5000 storage capacity I don't know what to do with. Plus it's small enough to easily hide now if I wanted to.
Thanks for making it :)
Mango Jan 10, 2023 @ 12:27pm 
ah... finally some peace and quiet
ErikRedbeard Oct 1, 2022 @ 2:17pm 
How is this unlocked ingame for players?
Having the Tek Generator unlocked does not allow one to learn/know this engram. It is showing as not discovered yet (black).
FleaBytes Sep 21, 2022 @ 8:21pm 
First mod I ever installed and it solves my biggest pet-peeve about end game building. Love it
Grumpy Old Man Apr 14, 2022 @ 8:10am 
Installed a new dedicated server with The Island only has this mod on it did not change any settings and I use Ark Server Manager . Spawned in a raft can't place generator spawned in a Bronto and a platform saddle still can't place generator. Still don't know what I am doing wrong.
lucia_davis Apr 10, 2022 @ 3:26am 
@Egon_Freeman Okay, thank you!
Grumpy Old Man Apr 9, 2022 @ 7:51pm 
Yah that is strange it should work if it works on dino platforms.
I will have to try it again I installed a new server I will try it on there with out any other mods.
Egon_Freeman  [author] Apr 9, 2022 @ 1:22pm 
@dayneh I've no clue how to do that, sorry. :D But it works on dino platforms, so I don't see why it wouldn't work on a raft...
Egon_Freeman  [author] Apr 9, 2022 @ 1:20pm 
@lucia_davis I mean it had to have some build cost (instead of being free) in order to show up on lists. Otherwise it needs no resources (no fuel, most notably).
lucia_davis Apr 9, 2022 @ 6:05am 
What does it mean by "tiny cost"? does it need element but slightly less often?
Grumpy Old Man Apr 6, 2022 @ 10:50am 
Can this be made to place on a raft?
ViperGeek Dec 11, 2021 @ 5:03pm 
Would it be possible to add the name of the engram to this page, please? I tried guessing the engram name as "EngramEntry_SilentTekGenerator_C", but trying to OverrideNamedEngramEntries didn't work (for me).
Egon_Freeman  [author] Oct 12, 2021 @ 12:35pm 
As a tip - you can disable collisions and place them underground , if you don't want them visible anywhere. You'll obviously need cheat permissions to do this - ask your admin.
Egon_Freeman  [author] Aug 18, 2021 @ 1:26pm 
@R.I.P*DEATH Sorry man, but that was the price for fixing it to get it working at all. There were some changes in the base game code, and that's how it came out. I had to essentially rebuild it from scratch. Maybe I'll fix it down the line, who knows. And stop shouting.
R.I.P*DEATH Jun 24, 2021 @ 3:18pm 
SO WHO KILLED THIS MOD SOMEONE DID ITS SUCKS NOW IT WAS ONE TIME ONE MY BEST MOD I USED BUT I DONT USE THIS MOD NO MORE BECAUSE YOU CHANGED THE RANGE OF IT AND ITS EASY 2 FIND NOW
PLZ FIX PUT IT BACK WAY IT WAS THERE WAS NOT A THING WRONG WITH IT BACK THEN SRY I TRYING HELP
Seizurebv May 22, 2021 @ 6:16pm 
Thank you for saving the day with this wireless generator.
Just came back to Ark -getting ready for Genesis 2 - found the gens I was using did not work so this really is saving the game for me.
Lohrmahr Mar 7, 2021 @ 12:19pm 
can someone let me know how to build these? I dont have the ability to spawn things in myself.
Serenity Mar 6, 2021 @ 11:37am 
Played today after a while, the super silent generators seem to work perfect,
thank you again,
a minor thing had to place few more since the slight range change but it was no big deal
Again, thank you for solving this whole tek buzzing problem :) .
Lyric Drake 591 Mar 2, 2021 @ 4:05pm 
thx! but could you like mess around with the file labels or whatever and make it so that it can be placed on titan platform saddles? i am DYING to get a wall of guns on my desert/ice titans
56k® Feb 22, 2021 @ 12:59pm 
is there a way to just turn off sounds? i don't want the other changes.
wannsa Jan 29, 2021 @ 2:15pm 
I do enjoy little mods that make my base feel more alive. Ark is such a fun and pretty game with enough mods lol. Good luck and have fun with whatever you end up doin!
Egon_Freeman  [author] Jan 28, 2021 @ 4:08pm 
Still, I might do some deco stuff down the line. I surprisingly find myself with access to a 3D artist, so provided I can get some art done (or just get off my fat ass and go out with my camera), I might bring some basic urban things (like utility deco boxes) to ARK. It's something I find very missing. Not declaring anything though, time will tell.
Egon_Freeman  [author] Jan 28, 2021 @ 4:05pm 
Sure. As long as I'm actively playing the game, I'll put in the effort to make it function. If I ever decide to leave the community, I'll open-source the files (though the modification is really tiny, and mostly just editor voodoo with existing assets) so anyone can pick it up and/or integrate it with their mod.

Not planning on leaving anyone hanging. Besides, it's such a tiny mod that it's not an issue, for the most part, and I get to learn something in the process.

I originally planned to have a whole series of "simple" mods (like an "anywhere" water source for irrigation on top of mountains, for example), but ended up mostly scrapping the idea when I saw other mods that already do it better.
wannsa Jan 23, 2021 @ 12:04am 
Thank you for working on this for us. It's appreciated :)
GrayBeard Jan 19, 2021 @ 9:26pm 
It's not a problem. I'll just put a couple more down or move the generator shed closer. I put it a long way away so I couldn't hear the noise (before I found this mod)
Egon_Freeman  [author] Jan 19, 2021 @ 11:44am 
Nope, it always had a 1x to 10x range - the original range was just a bit bigger .

You see, I had to sort of rebuild the whole thing, since enough changes have accrued over the years that I was wildly out-of-sync with the codebase. As such, a few things got fixed (like the inventory), but some other things I couldn't get to work again (like the range alteration).

I'll fix it down the line. For now, just live with it if you can.
GrayBeard Jan 19, 2021 @ 10:59am 
Thanks for fixing this. However the range is back to 10x only . I thought it went out much further
Egon_Freeman  [author] Jan 17, 2021 @ 9:15pm 
Okay, so I have confirmation that the issue was caused by the last update (I believe it was v321.10). The developers changed some code pertaining to access restrictions on items, and a lot of mods using copies broke on that code. The inventory is broken (I'm starting to suspect it never worked properly at all, at this point). Ah, well.

At any rate, the generator should work again.
Serenity Jan 14, 2021 @ 12:45pm 
You are awesome! This mod saved me so much in some huge builds.
Thank you and good year!
Egon_Freeman  [author] Jan 14, 2021 @ 11:54am 
I needed a simple Tek generator. What else can I say? ;]

Also, it works really well when you disable collisions and place it underground . That way you don't even have to have it up top!
Lyric Drake 591 Aug 26, 2020 @ 4:30pm 
GASP I LOVE U
Crowfoot Aug 25, 2020 @ 11:41am 
Egon, this is amazing. Thank you for making this. The generator noise is crazy-making.
Serenity Aug 23, 2020 @ 7:19pm 
@Egon_Freeman Works really good for me!
Thank you, both the sound and visual effect was very ''annoying''
Not to mention the extra range for my huge singleplayer base.
This is a great mod!!!
Egon_Freeman  [author] Aug 23, 2020 @ 7:08pm 
Gentle reminder: this mod should still be perfectly compatible with everything, and should still work just fine. If it's not working for you, it's an issue somewhere with your set-up.
Egon_Freeman  [author] Aug 23, 2020 @ 7:03pm 
@Ryshili - it's not all that difficult, actually -- just make a new mod that replaces that particular sound. Of course, making a mod for ARK isn't as simple as it seems to begin with...
Ryshili Aug 7, 2020 @ 11:44am 
Wondering if you would know how to maybe mute this sound?

ARK\ShooterGame\Content\PrimalEarth\Sound\SFX\Generic\PW_wep_switch_weapon.uasset

It's been driving me nuts and nothing I'm doing seems to work on it
Wallbert Jun 10, 2020 @ 11:22pm 
YOU ARE A LEGEND
Serenity Apr 8, 2020 @ 1:01pm 
Thank you!That sound and the visual effect was driving me crazy!!!It works perfectly for me, i hope it does for others as well!
Egon_Freeman  [author] Mar 7, 2020 @ 4:59pm 
Most notably, I wouldn't want to break it for people that use it as a substitute for the original (and expect it not to be build-able where the original wasn't).
Egon_Freeman  [author] Mar 7, 2020 @ 4:58pm 
@Fanny I don't see why it wouldn't be... Though my ARK servers are usually configured for maximum building - and that includes removal of all restrictions, incl. building restrictions. So... I didn't really know that it can't be installed on platforms. :D

Regardless, if the original TEK generator wasn't meant to be installed on platforms, then I see no reason to change it here. You can modify the game's server settings to allow you to build it literally anywhere.
Egon_Freeman  [author] Mar 7, 2020 @ 4:56pm 
@HellDog unfortunately I don't know what to tell you... it works for me? It really still works - both when spawned via commands, and when gcm-built. There shouldn't be any shield barrier though, the generator doesn't have one (if you're talking about the blue outline, that's just showing its range - which is wrong btw.).
Wolf Mar 3, 2020 @ 1:11pm 
Unfortunately we were able to find out that the generator no longer works when it is new. when you turn it on there’s just a shield barrier. Could you take care of an update? :)
Yajziel Feb 27, 2020 @ 8:39pm 
Can your tek generator be installed on platforms? can you do that? please ^^ Great job
Wallbert Jan 12, 2020 @ 7:51pm 
HUGE LEGEND
Wallbert Dec 17, 2019 @ 5:55pm 
absolute legend
Egon_Freeman  [author] Jun 19, 2019 @ 12:07pm 
@krintiz -- I thought about making the electric generator, but this one covers it (it should power electric stuff normally)

@Typhon Perun -- I don't remember... :D Still, it's basically a cheat item (large range, silent, small etc.), so I don't think I even put it in the regular engram list - it's entirely possible that it's not learnable, but then again - I don't remember. I didn't mess around too much with it, so it's possible you need Tek to learn it.
Typhon Plume Jun 7, 2019 @ 11:05pm 
Do players still need to unlock the normal Tek generator to be able to make this item?