INI SETTINGS ARE NOW INGAME ONLY

ALL THE SAME SETTINGS ARE PRESENT IN THE INGAME SETTINGS HUD

ARK GENOMES WILL NO LONGER SEARCH THE INI FILES FOR THESE SETTINGS


Here you can Find Guides Created by the community to help with your journey in Ark Genomes




Thank you to Logical for this Support instructional based overview of how the structures WORK TO ENHANCE DINOS

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12TgFh4BPoxchaiBgqekuyZqvVUuSDpitbRlSNp6VyY8/edit?usp=sharing


Thank you to Guinness for this revamped version of the above including some updated details and pictures for easier interpretation.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vfkSZHry4DUKJ815Fu1Svr4AyW-FMHlLzhaY98icfMU/edit?usp=sharing


Thank you to Savage3Calib3r for his tutorial videos below

first version a quick overview
https://youtu.be/RvcQtINRLnU

updated version
https://youtu.be/201QQX0wB6A

TBF has also included a run through of the structures with a series of his including ark eternal dinos the below link is episode 7 of said series

https://youtu.be/OxfP44RtRa0



INI CONFIGS EXPLAINED

A FULL CLEAN LIST OF ALL INI CONFIGS CAN BE FOUND HERE
- https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/1902213098/3148519255760684041/

This mod is structured a little differently to your usual creature variant based mod. However, this mod is a lot more than that and just plays one part of the journey.

The mod has been setup in a way that you tier your tamed creatures from their Vanilla normal Ark versions.

Via a linear process progressing through each tier, currently, there are 10 total tiers including sub tiers.

They progress in the following manner and in order to reach each tier your creature must be the previous tier.

Tier 1 Enhanced
Tier 2 Elite
Tier 3 Wraith
Tier 4 Firestorm, Spirit Plague, Glacier
Tier 5 Shadow Fall
Tier 6 Ethereal
Tier 7 Night Void
Tier 8 Transcendent

IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF THIS PATH THATS OKAY!

YOU! have the ability through INI settings to rearrange the tiers as you see fit!

Along with the multiplication of their stats that will apply to each tier!

Default Multiplication of stats is as follows.

Tier 1 2 X Stats
Tier 2 3 X Stats
Tier 3 4 X Stats
Tier 4 5 X Stats
Tier 5 6 X Stats
Tier 6 7 X Stats
Tier 7 8 X Stats
Tier 8 9 X Stats

The following INI Settings Will allow you to make these adjustments as you desire!

These settings are to be placed in your game user settings ini file

under the header of
[ArkGenomes]

(the below includes the default settings)

IF YOU DONT CHANGE THEM THEY DONT NEED TO BE ENTERED.

Section 1

Relates to the progressive nature of the tiers and how you would like them to run.

if you set the tiers to the same number this means they will become subtiers like Firestorm Spirite Plague & Glacier are by default.

EnhancedTier=1
EliteTier=2
WraithTier=3
FirestormTier=4
SpiritPlagueTier=4
GlacierTier=4
ShadowFallTier=5
EtherealTier=6
NightVoidTier=7
TranscendentTier=8

Section 2

Relates to the STAT multipliers

EnhancedStatMulti=2
EliteStatMulti=3
WraithStatMulti=4
FirestormStatMulti=5
SpiritPlagueStatMulti=5
GlacierStatMulti=5
ShadowFallStatMulti=6
EtherealStatMulti=7
NightVoidStatMulti=8
TranscendentStatMulti=9


OK SO HOW DO I TIER MY CREATURES?

A structure based enhancing system has been introduced and as you experience the corrupted arks along side AVA your trusty artificial virtual assistant you will unlock new engrams to be able to craft new structures.

this unlock process follows a structure by structure unlock process so building and using your structures will result in unlocking new structures to further your journey.

in some cases you may need to place a structure again after an update if you have not received the next DATA LOG after placing or successfully using a new structure.

this will only be necessary if something GOES WRONG and should work fine in the first instance.

if you are having trouble unlocking structures or feeling like you are stuck at a progression point please comment below so I can investigate if an issue has caused you to be stuck that needs to be resolved.

Section 3

Relates to difficulty adjustments & Quantities

BaseDustReqMulti=1.0 - effects the overal base value of dust required.
MutationDustReqMulti=5.0 - stacks on the basedustreqmulti
HybridDustReqMulti=10.0 - stacks on the basedustreqmulti

NEW VARIABLE DUST REQUIREMENTS - depending on the individual dinosaur - Multipliers controlled by INI settings

DisableTowersBlockingFlight=False

custom INI to control if dust clouds effect flyers or not.

DisableDustClouds=False

This Command is VISUAL ONLY Will disable the Tiered Clouds Around Towers - you will still be able to harvest dust but not be able to see the clouds themselves - this is for those that get a performance hit from them

These Settings will control the MAX limits of the following items. as of revision 59

EnhancedTowerLimit=20
EliteTowerLimit=10
WraithTowerLimit=8
FireStormTowerLimit=6
SpiritPlagueTowerLimit=6
GlacierTowerLimit=6
ShadowFallTowerLimit=4
EtherealTowerLimit=4
NightVoidTowerLimit=4
TranscendentTowerLimit=3

GroundFogLimit=1000
CorruptGateLimit=10
CorruptOreLimit=5000
ElementTendrilLimit=5000
CorruptCrystalLimit=5000
VisionFogLimit=50

Mutation Tower Difficulty Settings - For Volume of Defending Dino Spawns

EnhancedTowerDif=5
EliteTowerDif=5
WraithTowerDif=5
FireStormTowerDif=10
SpiritPlagueTowerDif=10
GlacierTowerDif=10
ShadowFallTowerDif=15
EtherealTowerDif=15
NightVoidTowerDif=15
TranscendentTowerDif=20

Mutation tower health settings these settings are based on an X mutliplier meaning base health will me multiplied by 2 if the setting equals 2

EnhancedTowerHealthMulti=1
EliteTowerHealthMulti=1
WraithTowerHealthMulti=1
FireStormTowerHealthMulti=1
SpiritPlagueTowerHealthMulti=1
GlacierTowerHealthMulti=
ShadowFallTowerHealthMulti=1
EtherealTowerHealthMulti=1
NightVoidTowerHealthMulti=1
TranscendentTowerHealthMulti=1

HiveQueen Health Multi as above

EnhancedHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
EliteHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
WraithHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
FireStormHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
SpiritPlagueHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
GlacierHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
ShadowFallHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
EtherealHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
NightVoidHiveQueenHealthMulti=1
TranscendentHiveQueenHealthMulti=1

HiveDrones Health Multi as above

SmallDroneHealthMulti=1
MediumDroneHealthMulti=1
LargeDroneHealthMulti=1
BaseDustReqMulti=1.0 - effects the overal base value of dust required.
MutationDustReqMulti=5.0 - stacks on the basedustreqmulti
HybridDustReqMulti=10.0 - stacks on the basedustreqmulti
DustProductionMulti=1.0
GenomeKeyDropQuantity=1
DisableTowersBlockingFlight=False
SetHiveQueensLevel=0
this setting will override the level of Hive Queens allowing for further customisation and control - the default tower level is calculated by the server difficulty unless this override is set
SetMutationTowersLevel=0
this setting will override the level of mutation towers allowing for further customisation and control - the default tower level is calculated by the server difficulty unless this override is set
MutationTowerDustCorruptionRange=12000
Controls the range of the corruption buff effects around mutation towers.
CreaturesToExcludeFromEnhancment=example_Character_BP_C,example2_Character_BP_C, this INI will block dinos from being enhanced. you can place as many creatures as you like seperated by commo's as per the example

New Gateway - INI Configs
DisableTPGatewayRepair=False
if you dont want the gateway to function as public teleporters and be able to be repaired
TPGatewayResource1Quantity=250
override repair requirements for the 3 resources to repair gateways
TPGatewayResource2Quantity=250
override repair requirements for the 3 resources to repair gateways
TPGatewayResource3Quantity=250
override repair requirements for the 3 resources to repair gateway

New EnviroBuff- INI Configs

DisableServerMultiOnCorruptionBuffs=False
CorruptionBuffsDifficultyMulti=1.0

Corruption Buff Difficulty is calculated As follows

Server Difficulty Divided by 2 Multiplied by Negative 1 = -2.5 Example: (5/2=2.5 (2.5X-1) = -2.5)
This Calculation is then added to the Base Difficulty
Buff-difficulty Multiplied by Buff Tier Difficulty Multiplied by Negative 1 = -1 Example: (1.0 X 1.0 = 1.0) (1.0 X -1) = -1)
These Two Numbers are then added together = -3.5 per second reduction in the applicable stat

Buff Tier Difficulty - is a set number as per the below
Tier 1 1.0
Tier 2 1.0
Tier 3 1.0
TIer 4 1.5 (Only applicable to SpiritPlague)
Tier 5 2.5
Tier 6 3.0
Tier 7 4.0
Tier 8 3.5

When disabling the Server Multi in the below Options - the default calculation will only be based on the Second INI config as per the below multiplied by the Buff Tier Difficulty Level

Due to Ark Thermal Mechanics - Firestorm & Glacier Tier Corruption Buffs Are calculated differently

Glacier Tier
Server Difficulty Divided by 4 then multiplied by the buff difficulty ini multiplied by 500
When Server Difficulty is turned off the buff difficulty is multiplied by 500

FireStorm
Server Difficulty Divided by 2 then multiplied by the buff difficulty ini multiplied by 100
When Server Difficulty is turned off the buff difficulty is multiplied by 250

CorruptStormLimit=100 -
to lower or increase the storm limit




Towers & Hives now use a wave timer event - interacting with the mutation towers and hives will initiate the event the event will then run with multiple waves - you will then need to finalise the event interacting with the hive or tower again after the waves end

New INI's to configure these waves are below the default amounts are included for hives and mutation towers - the only change in default is the volume of defenders.

simply replace Enhanced with the tier type and copy and paste the ini you want to change.

these Ini's are not required by default.

please note that hives and towers no longer need to be damaged at all to succeed. - in addition - Genome cores have now been replaced with Hive Embryo's and the mutation towers now drop keys instead of cores

Please note that the numbers in the strength of wave defenders is equal to a percentage so for example 1 = 10% strength of attacker and 4 = 40%

EnhancedTowerBaseReductionSecsPerPlayerBetweenSpawnedHordeDino=0.1
EnhancedTowerDefaultDelayBetweenIndividualHordeDinoSpawns=2.0
EnhancedTowerMediumHordeDinoSpawnerTimeDelay=2.0
EnhancedTowerLargeHordeDinoSpawnerTimeDelay=4.0
EnhancedTowerWaveOneStartDelay=30
EnhancedTowerWaveTwoStartDelay=60
EnhancedTowerWaveThreeStartDelay=120
EnhancedTowerFinalElementWaveSurgeCountDown=300
EnhancedTowerPercentageStrengthofWaveOneDefenders=1
EnhancedTowerPercentageStrengthofWaveTwoDefenders=2
EnhancedTowerPercentageStrengthofWaveThreeDefenders=4
EnhancedTowerNumberofWaveOneDefendersAliveAtOneTime=20
EnhancedTowerNumberofWaveTwoDefendersAliveAtOneTime=10
EnhancedTowerNumberofWaveThreeDefendersAliveAtOneTime=5

EnhancedHiveBaseReductionSecsPerPlayerBetweenSpawnedHordeDino=0.1
EnhancedHiveDefaultDelayBetweenIndividualHordeDinoSpawns=2.0
EnhancedHiveMediumHordeDinoSpawnerTimeDelay=2.0
EnhancedHiveLargeHordeDinoSpawnerTimeDelay=4.0
EnhancedHiveWaveOneStartDelay=30
EnhancedHiveWaveTwoStartDelay=60
EnhancedHiveWaveThreeStartDelay=120
EnhancedHiveFinalElementWaveSurgeCountDown=300
EnhancedHivePercentageStrengthofWaveOneDefenders=1
EnhancedHivePercentageStrengthofWaveTwoDefenders=2
EnhancedHivePercentageStrengthofWaveThreeDefenders=4
EnhancedHiveNumberofWaveOneDefendersAliveAtOneTime=10
EnhancedHiveNumberofWaveTwoDefendersAliveAtOneTime=5
EnhancedHiveNumberofWaveThreeDefendersAliveAtOneTime=2