Thank you Tentacle Radio.. Feedback and criticism is always welcome.

Really liking the map! I've submitted a little feedback if you're interested. Thank you.

Tentacle Radio - A couple of anomalies crept in especially within the last month, managing to deal with those. Further development will be in the form of tweaks to minor mistakes etc. I have been testing the map over the last 2 days and for the most part very happy. A couple of massive over spawns to deal with and a little floating foliage dotted about. Just to note that a couple stable spawns have become erratic?? Monitoring! The plan is to update the map on a Sunday evening after tweaking out the annoying anomalies. Thanks for checking out the map.

Oh, I see you mentioned in a previous comment possibly completing the map by last Sunday. My apologies, I don't mean to apply pressure. I'm just so pleased to find a new map that's actively been/being developed recently.

I'm very keen to give this map a go and I hope for further development. Thanks for modding for ASE (especially after Aquatica) since many modders understandably moved on.

I have been working everyday this week to more or less complete the map.. There will be tweaks to come. Sunday evening, UK time, will hopefully be the last major update.

Preaquatica - I did NOT buy Aquatica. The Sanctuary and all my mods (x26) both single player and server versions work fine. Exception - on the cluster version, transferring items using Ark Data crashes the game?? Underworld completion approx 30%.

UNDERWORLD is being totally revamped. You can still gain access but i'ts basically unplayable.
The underworld has been divided in 2 landscapes, requires smoothing, texturing and loads of work. The reason for the update is to test if it uploads ok, the last 4 cooks failed. With all thats going on in the Ark world at the moment, who knows whats going to happen.
If you have built in the Underworld, go into fly or ghost mode and retrieve your components. Dino's should be recoverable except water creatures! Except for some lakes, the underworld water volumes have been removed.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

V15.0 coming up soon.
I'm in the process of cooking an update.. It seems the 2gb FMemorylimit writer (widows no editor) has been resolved for now. Update will go later today.
Removed the hole entering the snow cave, teleport instead.
Removed the cave at the north pyramid.
Added a teleport to the underworld at the South Pyramid.
Fixed a water anomaly on edges of upperworld map.
Fixed a couple of overspawns. Still monitoring.

Still working on The Sanctuary.. Texture problems around holes (some cave entrances) The Underworld will now not cook because of texture and shader issues, why? is beyond me has this has not changed in 2 years and been ok. The underworld map all of a sudden keeps hitting a 2gb package limit, which is no where near 2gb. There is however a fix which includes a complete revamp of the underworld, basically I am splitting the map in two, which means re texturing, re foliage the whole of the underworld. I am also going to lower the underworld on the z axis which will effect builds anywhere on the underworld. Some re sculpturing maybe necessary. This process could take up to a month. More about this and effects to builds and creatures nearer the update.

YES! All back.. I didnt even need to put in a back up Saved Folder. However, I did have to re insert mods from available to active and tweak back general and advanced settings. Only tested single player for now.

To get a pre update version of ASE where all mods should work again

Right Click ARK: Survival Evolved in your Steam Library -> Click Properties -> Betas -> Beta participation -> "preaquatica"

I am in the process of downloading this now. I have tested many scenarios so its likely I have lost my current single player scenario. I have many backups if that is the case. We will have to see what happens???

SINCE THE LAST ASE UPDATE THIS MAP WONT LOAD.. In fact I tested all my mods I use and NONE work. Up to know there has not been a Devkit update??

14.9 update failed due to a 2gb limit bug, AGAIN.. Reverting back to 14.8 until I can figure this out?

Due to water plains conflicting the underworld water plain has been removed. This has forced a complete overhaul of the underworld (ongoing). PLEASE BE AWARE with the upcoming Aquatica update many MODS may get broken in Ark Survival Evolved. Please be cautious..

Revamping the Snow cave and part of the Snow biome.

Very happy so far. Upperworld 99% complete with the odd tweak here and there. Underworld 75% complete with a couple more caves to add and general tweaking. A major game test scenario is ongoing on the singleplayer and server version.

99% of errors eradicated

14.0 Avoid the desert area until next update.. Heatwave is activated and stays on permanently. The ship cave faulty until next update. A couple of Numpty errors have crept in of which all will be sorted.

12.8 update fixed lighting anomaly. I left a temp direct light in place which gave a weird night time illumination. OK. 4 months ago I deleted a crucial blueprint involving the land textures (NUMPTY). I had to re texture every piece of land inc upperworld, lowerworld, caves, everything. 12.7 update was the result of almost 4 months of catch up ( most of Feb I was without internet access). I have to say I am extremely pleased with the results.. Some small areas still require attention, some floating foliage also requires attention, some area's are devoid of Dino spawns, all of which will be addressed over the coming weeks. I am totally dedicated to Ark survival evolved and the Sanctuary Ark map. Thank you all for your interest.

After last update and a quick test... Some texturing still requires attention.. Lighting requires attention.. Spawns require modification in some parts.. Foliage editing required.. Another update imminent..

Due to losing internet access for most of the month of Feb the next update is delayed approx about a month?

Looks cool. Will try it out on my Mac for science

Happy New Year to all. Next update will be at the end of March 2025. A few issues to sort out.

WARNING! The area opposite the Red Obelisk (most of the squared off area) I call the City Area will be modified. Turning the area into multiple impact creators. The area immediately around the Red Obelisk will not be affected. This may go live around Jan 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8iVdJF7cxq7bnm1D0Z1nTsTOD5eNoy8u Video playlist of the Sanctuary Ark. Island by island and section by section.

I am working on a video series highlighting the various aspects of the Sanctuary Ark. Island by Island and section by section. Depending on what happens on the 5th of November politically will determine what platform I will use to upload my videos to. I'm hoping it will be YouTube. X and Rumble are the other options. Watch this space. Also updates and tweaks incoming in the next few weeks.

Removed a cave project that contained errors.. A new island added and mini-map update.

An error has occurred on the last update? Investigating...

I use Ark Server Manager to create the severs which has been superb for me. Cluster 1 is Zenita a female character, where I bought some old 2018 single player games and placed them together in a cluster of maps. Cluster 2 is The Webbles and the only cluster I have other players usually close friends playing true multiplayer with my male character being called Sapien Level 135. Cluster 3 Is Zen a female character the daughter of Zenita and Sapien. All different scenarios and stories. I did have a YouTube channel (5 and a half years) but I disagree with their censorship policies so pulled them off there. Experimenting on Rumble (Marksimus) with the Zen story with plans to do a Sanctuary only play through series, maybe early 2025.

I have 3 private clusters for testing.. they are not on permanently. One cluster has 15 maps and and 2 has 16 maps, all with The Sanctuary involved. All work well with subtle differences. So the map works well in server clusters. Presently only for testing purposes. Has for anyone else using the map in a server, I have not been made aware. The main disadvantage is these servers are NOT running all the time, only when I am at home.. Which does put people off and understandably so. I do have ideas for the future but that will depend on circumstances.

Are there any servers that you know of running this map?

2nd of June 2024 to 15 of June, increased update activity due to me being on holiday from work. Just in case your wondering.

Underworld 76-14 (approx) massive overspawn water creatures. Continuously keeps adding creatures to the spawn over time. What ever the settings make no difference? Trying to figure out why? Eventually will be removing this spawn. Working on other things, next update Sat night UK time.

Currently checking Upperworld spawns. Later Underworld spawns. {Servers = cheat destroywilddinos} {Single player = destroywilddinos} Required to reset spawns. Tip - if playable, kill overspawns for the resource's instead of destroying?

I.D. 2778370014 Hoping to get back to the map soon?

ID?

Babzilla - https://discord.gg/pZSwrkzC link last for 7 days..

Sure thing, send me a link and I'll hop in and send over the word doc :)

I will be offline in a few minutes but will be about tomorrow. I can send you a link to my Discord if you wish.. You would be welcome to join our server to see any differences if your drive space allows has I have quite a few mods. I have had an issue twice with invisible barriers which turned out to be some foliage items not rendering in properly except for the collision, removing those items rectified the problem. The location of those you encountered would be very helpful. A massive thank you for your input.

I had to log out so I can go to a meeting, I made a bunch of notes and took screen shots! That was the first bloodstalker I've ever tamed, and my other spawns I typically have where there for the most part lol. I have a word document if you'd like to see with map locations of some invisible rock barrier things and suggestions. That way you can see some of the mods that are working on your map and the locations of several invisible barriers that might cause some issues when running from rexes lol.

Babzilla.. Its best, even if negative to post here so others can get a reference.. You will be welcome to PM anytime too.. Avoid the north west corner of the Underworld if your character is new..Lol Actually there are many challenging places but some very easy spots to chill out. One thing to note I do use spawns from ALL DLCs from the game files which includes nearly every creature in Ark but I am not sure if they will be available without the DLC that contains that Dino. I do however have some custom Dino spawns. You will have to let me know if any Dino you like seems missing. The only way into the Underworld is via the North Pyramid. You will see what I mean if you can get to the lower level of that pyramid. Its not hard YET! Happy exploring.

I'll let you know my honest opinion soon, and if you'd like I'd be happy to PM you if you'd prefer. :D

Oh, I've had my server rented out for a while now lol. No biggie, I use it to test mods out that I like and see how it goes. It loads all my mods and things together and I can change it as I go. It's a private server and runs really well for the most part. I just got it all aligned and I'm about to hop into it before my company meeting! I'm so stoked!

Babzilla I do recommend you test it out on singleplayer first before you invest on a rented server. In my experience servers rented or otherwise are a little better so if it works well on singleplayer you should be ok on a server?

lololololololol thank you!!! I look forward to playing on it! <3

One of my pet hates is when a mod does not publish the Mod ID! so what do I do...lol 2778370014

Oh, I forgot to ask you, what's the numeric code for this map? I run my maps on nitrado so I can customize them after I do a play lol

Babzilla My system is an i7 cpu, nvidia 1080 gpu, with 64GB of memory, windows 10. I can add so much using this system but I want your system to run this map and run it well. Your input could be very valuable. I have 3 clusters with 16 Arks on each 2 single player and 1 multiplayer using Ark Server Manager.. I do not have these servers running continuously only when testing, video creation or just playing only then I turn them on. On multiplayer we use discord to communicate within game, quality is far better. Anywaze please let me know of any problems you may encounter? A very big thank you for your input

Babzilla If you have enough space on your drives inc the new one, back up, copy the folders before you reinstall Ark. Look at how they are structured now has a reference replace them after the reinstall, you should lose nothing. I can and have brought backups in from has far back has 2018

The beauty of this game is its customisation via mods, ini settings etc Whether PVP, PVE, just chilling with friends etc You can play Ark exactly has you want.

This map has some unique areas for large builds, its designed on purpose, actually the main purpose to be creative on.

I would be extremely interested in knowing how this map performs on a system like yours. I have to be honest, have never been a fan of laptops, I personally dont think they can cut it, I really hope you can prove me wrong? The last laptop i owned was just after the real dinosaurs died out lol So I am not really in the position to criticise those systems.