ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

ARKaeology Dinos
Ryano Jun 25, 2022 @ 12:54pm
Converting ARKaeology Dinos to newer, more updated mods or to vanilla using Dino Storage v2
If you're like me and wanting to switch to newer mods that are actively being updated I have the solution for you. In my case I want to switch the Brachi to the ARK additions version and the other 2 creatures into the KBD version. Make sure you have your creatures in a soul ball from the Dino Storage v2 mod and then close ARK (and if you are a server owner, turn off the server.) Once this is done add this to your GameUserSettings.ini.

[DinoStorage2]
ConvertClass=/Game/Mods/ARKaeologyDinos/Dinos/Brachiosaurus/Brachiosaurus_Character_BP.Brachiosaurus_Character_BP:/Game/Mods/Additions_Pack/Brachiosaurus/Dinos/Brachiosaurus_Character_BP.Brachiosaurus_Character_BP,/Game/Mods/ARKaeologyDinos/Dinos/Styracosaurus/Styracosaurus_Character_BP.Styracosaurus_Character_BP:/Game/Mods/BetterDinosTest/Styracosaurus/BDStyrac_Character_BP.BDStyrac_Character_BP,/Game/Mods/ARKaeologyDinos/Styracosaurus/Dinos/Styracosaurus_Character_BP_Aberrant.Styracosaurus_Character_BP_Aberrant:/Game/Mods/BetterDinosTest/Styracosaurus/BDStyrac_Character_BP_Aberrant.BDStyrac_Character_BP_Aberrant,/Game/Mods/ARKaeologyDinos/Stygimoloch/Dinos/Stygimoloch_Character_BP.Stygimoloch_Character_BP:/Game/Mods/BetterDinosTest/Stygi/BDStygi_Character_BP.BDStygi_Character_BP

Or if you'd like to change them to their vanilla counterparts (Brachiosaurus -> Brontosaurus, Styracosaurus -> Triceratops, Aberrant Styracosaurus -> Aberrant Triceratops, Stygimoloch -> Pachycephalosaurus) you could use this:

[DinoStorage2]
ConvertClass=/Game/Mods/ARKaeologyDinos/Dinos/Brachiosaurus/Brachiosaurus_Character_BP.Brachiosaurus_Character_BP:/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Sauropod/Sauropod_Character_BP.Sauropod_Character_BP,/Game/Mods/ARKaeologyDinos/Dinos/Styracosaurus/Styracosaurus_Character_BP.Styracosaurus_Character_BP:/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/Trike_Character_BP.Trike_Character_BP,/Game/Mods/ARKaeologyDinos/Styracosaurus/Dinos/Styracosaurus_Character_BP_Aberrant.Styracosaurus_Character_BP_Aberrant:/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/Trike_Character_BP_Aberrant.Trike_Character_BP_Aberrant,/Game/Mods/ARKaeologyDinos/Stygimoloch/Dinos/Stygimoloch_Character_BP.Stygimoloch_Character_BP:/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Pachy/Pachy_Character_BP.Pachy_Character_BP

Once this is done you can just toss the creature out and it should convert.
You can now uninstall the ARKaeology Dinos mod.