ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Better Genesis 2 TEK Armor
38 Comments
smtrn0451 Aug 7 @ 3:46am 
Thanks for the mod. I was wondering if I can get the helmet overlay back?
Shinygati  [author] May 4, 2023 @ 1:08am 
And yeah it's a limitation with the engine, items can be changed and updated after load, but if the armor is already equipped i am unable to update the value to what is set in the ini.
Shinygati  [author] May 4, 2023 @ 1:07am 
@van it does work though as long as they implement the same code into the PrimalGameData, there's a small guide on how to do this in the ark modding discord to allow mods that usually need to be first in load order work well together with others.
van Grunz May 4, 2023 @ 1:02am 
I see what you mean. This seems to be an overall issue of this game or the Unreal Engine. To make an example: this mod cannot be used together with other mods like Naturalism 2 which change character appearance. If there's a solution, this would be wonderful...
Shinygati  [author] May 3, 2023 @ 10:37pm 
Anyway this was the only way i could get custom armor values working, it's simply impossible to edit items after they have already loaded in the world, this requirement only affects the default armor value for the tek suit and nothing else in this mod will break if it's not first in the load order.
Shinygati  [author] May 3, 2023 @ 10:36pm 
Anyway this was the only way i could get custom armor values working, it's simply impossible to edit items after they have already loaded otherwise this requirement only affects custom armor values for the tek suit and nothing else in this mod.
Shinygati  [author] May 3, 2023 @ 10:33pm 
@van this is incorrect, the way this mod works is to allow other mods to work correctly with it, if another mod also requires to be first in the mod load order as long as it is set up the same way it will work just fine even if it's the second or 3rd on the list.
van Grunz May 3, 2023 @ 4:31pm 
The requirement to have a mod in first of load order will kill some ohter mods to subscribe. The only valid option to have a mod in first of mod load order is to alter the character IMHO.
Shinygati  [author] May 2, 2023 @ 10:09pm 
@LilHomie It works fine on server, just make sure its first in your load order on the server host or machine that's hosting the server.
LilHomie May 2, 2023 @ 8:48pm 
@Shinygati Late update have not played in a while. It was a server side issue it works on single player.
Shinygati  [author] Mar 30, 2023 @ 2:14am 
@LilHomie it should be working if it's first in your load order, i've tested this and can't find any problems, i would make sure that the mod has been updated.
LilHomie Mar 30, 2023 @ 2:00am 
@Shinygati Yep I do have it 1st on my load order still no changes with the armor value except for the boots which sometimes goes 43 armor value and then goes back to 25 after changing the DefaultArmorValue. I did manage to find a workaround for now. Great mod btw.
Shinygati  [author] Mar 28, 2023 @ 10:17pm 
@LilHomie That's because i had to make some changes that requires this mod to be first in your mod load order for those 2 configs to work, read the mod description or patch notes for more information.
LilHomie Mar 28, 2023 @ 10:35am 
DefaultArmorValue config doesn't work anymore after mod update stuck at 25 armor value tried unequipped armor then equipped again and also spawning a new one still nothing.
Sapphire Mar 27, 2023 @ 5:22am 
Seems you forgot to update the boots too
Sapphire Mar 27, 2023 @ 3:55am 
@Shinygati yeah was comparing it to the vanilla gen2 armor since thats basically what it looks like, glad it was an easy fix thank you I recently came across many of your mods and I commend you they are exactly what I want
Shinygati  [author] Mar 26, 2023 @ 10:40pm 
Seems to be an easy fix so i'll have this fixed along with the armour value issues.
Shinygati  [author] Mar 26, 2023 @ 10:31pm 
@Sapphire the color dyes will be identical to the original craftable tek armor, if you're comparing it to the vanilla gen 2 armor then that may not be 100% accurate.
Sapphire Mar 23, 2023 @ 11:07am 
@Shinygati The armor dye also seems to be off on shoes and gloves, region 2 doesn't exist on either they should be region 4 but that one is greyed out https://i.imgur.com/HyH1YUF.png this screenshot is of the vanilla gloves and this is of the gloves in this mod https://i.imgur.com/BrA0Jh7.png and same goes for the boots
Sapphire Mar 22, 2023 @ 2:34pm 
For some reason the armor spawns in as 80 armor stats despite default set being 20, and if unequipping to fix it, it goes to 25 not 20
toastedsteakk Mar 8, 2023 @ 5:01pm 
hi when i try to use the spawn codes i get a pop up error and my game closes... what am i doing wrong?
Jiggs, Truely Clueless Nov 23, 2022 @ 12:03am 
Is it possible to disable the armor not consuming element on every map?
Medjai Ninja Nov 21, 2022 @ 6:44pm 
ahhh ok yeah thats fair thanks for taking the time to reply :steamhappy:
Shinygati  [author] Nov 20, 2022 @ 6:23am 
@Medjai Ninja Unfortunately no, i had to remove that because the engrams were duplicating every time you rejoined a server or loaded into the game.
Medjai Ninja Nov 20, 2022 @ 2:01am 
is it possible to have this as craftable armor?
Shinygati  [author] Aug 25, 2022 @ 11:10am 
@van Grunz You can't disable the armor on other maps but what that setting does is allow you to spawn with the armor on every map besides just gen 2
van Grunz Aug 25, 2022 @ 8:59am 
Yes, this setting is set to "true" because I'd like to use the armor on my server cluster. Or isn't that necessary for this?
Shinygati  [author] Aug 25, 2022 @ 5:59am 
@van Grunz Do you happen to have AllMaps set to true? If you have this option enabled it will override the default armor config.
van Grunz Aug 23, 2022 @ 8:34am 
Thanks!
Shinygati  [author] Aug 23, 2022 @ 7:03am 
@van Grunz This armour is technically a skin just like the default exo armour is so placing skins onto it won't be possible.

As for the default armour config not working I'll look into it when I have time.
van Grunz Aug 23, 2022 @ 6:05am 
DefaultArmor=False in GUS.INI isn't working (copied the whole INI section with header and pasted in into ASM). Respawning on Aberration via Fast Travel gives me the full suit on respawn.

Unfortunately, I cannot put Skins from mods onto the armor.

Aside from these points (the missing skin ability is unfortunately a k.o. criterion to me) this is a good mod!
The Nameless Nov 21, 2021 @ 1:58pm 
Well allow me to add a little bit of positivity after that last weirdo; this is something I think I'm really going to like! One request, is there a way to make it spawn with me across ALL maps? ;)
bot fly Nov 13, 2021 @ 8:18pm 
true but i did install the mod and used it for a bit and that comment that was purely criticism towards the mod, true nobody is forcing me to use to use it but i felt the need to use it cuz idk, curiosity?
;)
Shinygati  [author] Nov 13, 2021 @ 8:10pm 
@phloppa No one is forcing you to use my mod so if you don't like it then don't install/use it, stating your opinion is fine but if you're not even using my mod i'd appreciate if you not come in here and tell me how unbalanced it is especially when this mod is aimed at PvE, you can always change the crafting requirements for the engrams anyway if you want to make it more "balanced" instead of just using the vanilla armor to craft it, but as i said already if you don't like the features that my mod offers then simply don't install it.
bot fly Nov 13, 2021 @ 4:39pm 
this seems a bit... unbalanced and a lil broken because what the mod does is basically add a federation tek armor that has the stats of regular tek but without any durability and element consumption (not to mention that 90% of the time it will make the game piss easy and the title should probably be something else instead of "better federation tek armor" because the point of the federation armor was for it to be a starting item not an actually usable in combat shi/te but hey that's just my opinion and it might be my sleep deprived self so idk)
Shinygati  [author] Nov 11, 2021 @ 3:06am 
@Xander Floyd That is correct, the engrams are there to convert the vanilla armor into the modded one but everything works across all maps.
Xander Floyd Nov 11, 2021 @ 2:04am 
So can this be used on all maps? I'm assuming the engrams are just there on every map and it's only Gen2 that gives you armor right off the bat.
intruso53 Aug 24, 2021 @ 4:52am 
buenas baldria para otros mapas para darle a mis usuarios dicha armadura