Im currently having a problem on extinction, I will test on other maps. However creatures are turning normal(They keep coloration and level, but they no longer become shiny). I think its with them when they are no longer loaded in(I think the term is stasis?). The problem could be the force summon shiny dino command, as I used that just to see some shiny creatures.

Originally posted by Tuntaalik:

Im currently having a problem on extinction, I will test on other maps. However creatures are turning normal(They keep coloration and level, but they no longer become shiny). I think its with them when they are no longer loaded in(I think the term is stasis?). The problem could be the force summon shiny dino command, as I used that just to see some shiny creatures.

Alright, can confirm. This occurs on all maps. I think its due to shiny dinos going in stasis. To specify, if a creature is enraged, shinobi, or tardis, or any of the unique variables, those go away once they go in stasis.

Are you on single player? SP isn't very friendly to wild dinos in particular. You can run the game with "-preventhibernation" to resolve much of those issues. Without that, the game practically deletes any Wild Dino thats not near you (to improve performance), which makes them forget about their Shinyness.

The setting can have a performance impact, but its the only way to make wild dinos in SP behave in a manner conductive to being properly Shiny, unfortunately.

On servers (or in SP with that setting on), Dinos coming in and out of Stasis should just be working fine.

Originally posted by nevcairiel:

Are you on single player? SP isn't very friendly to wild dinos in particular. You can run the game with "-preventhibernation" to resolve much of those issues. Without that, the game practically deletes any Wild Dino thats not near you (to improve performance), which makes them forget about their Shinyness.

The setting can have a performance impact, but its the only way to make wild dinos in SP behave in a manner conductive to being properly Shiny, unfortunately.

On servers (or in SP with that setting on), Dinos coming in and out of Stasis should just be working fine.

Alright, I will try that. Do you put that in your launch settings? Also, I hope you find a way to prevent it somehow and make it not require preventhibernation, but I understand if you cant.

Tuntaali-- yes, -preventhibernation goes in your launch parameters. I hope it resolves the issue for you. It's an annoying one!

I have the same problem. as soon as dino is tamed, the shiny disappears. i play as single players and i have put the -preventhibernation command in my launch pad.... no shiny on dino

Originally posted by ninie07430:

I have the same problem. as soon as dino is tamed, the shiny disappears. i play as single players and i have put the -preventhibernation command in my launch pad.... no shiny on dino

Do you mean the particle effect? Have you tried taming a more unique type of shiny dino, like a filthy, spectral, skeletal shiny variant for a few examples?

Originally posted by ninie07430:

I have the same problem. as soon as dino is tamed, the shiny disappears. i play as single players and i have put the -preventhibernation command in my launch pad.... no shiny on dino

The glowing swirling orbs are meant to disappear once tamed, they only serve as an indicator to point out wild Shiny Dinos so you can spot them more easily. If you ride on them, you should get a Shiny buff on the dino to indicate that it is in fact still Shiny, look for the rainbow dodo in the top right. :)

And as Tuntaalik said, any more fancy variants should also retain their abilities. A plain colored one of course doesn't have any.

Regarding the overall need of -PreventHibernation, I actually talked to a WildCard developer last night, and there may be hope in the future that I'll be able to fix it. But for time being, I'll be writing a FAQ article later to explain the need for it.

Sorry, i don't know that the glowing swirling orbs disappear once tamed. Indeed i have the buff icon when i ride dino, so your mod work for me. Sorry for disturbing you

It's no bother, ninie07430! Glad it's working for you.

Running into a bug with the mod.
- Running multiple servers in a cluster. (G-Portal)
- dino storage v2, simple spawners, better dinos
- All shiny dinos
- Currently found the issue on Valguero, will check other maps on the cluster
- The announcements are randomizing the shiny dinos at the locations of all dinos. For instance, there was a spectral raptor at 54, 86 and a midnight anky at 26,10. I found both of these dinos. While searching and going around the map they would switch what it said (anky at 54, 86 raptor at 26,10) this happened with the other shiny dinos that were on the map too. (a mammoth, reaper, and another anky).
Great mod by the way. We just added it to replace Rare Sightings.

-Edit....It does it on genesis too.

Hello! A friend and I are having an issue with the blacklist function on our server. The mods we have active are: S+, Dinotracker, Better Dinos, Ark Additions, Simple Spawners, and this mod.

[Shiny]
DinoBlacklist=Coel_Character_BP_C,BDCoel_Character_BP_C,BDCoel_Character_BP_Aberrant_C,Salmon_Character_BP_C,Piranha_Character_BP_C,BDPiranha_Character_BP_C,Bee_Character_BP_C,BDDragonfly_Character_BP_C,BDDragonfly_Character_BP_Aberrant_C,BDCnidaria_Character_BP_C,BDCnidaria_Character_BP_Aberrant_C,BDEuryp_Character_BP_C,BDEuryp_Character_Aberrant_BP_C,Hesperornis_Character_BP_BDWild_C,Ichthyornis_Character_BP_BDWild_C,BDLeech_Character_BP_C,BDLeech_Character_Diseased_BP_C,BDLamprey_Character_BP_C
UnlockTekOnKill=false
TekNumUnlock=-1
TekNumUnlockAlpha=-1


With these settings above, we are still getting Coel shinies constantly, even though all 4 variants should theoretically be blocked. Is this a bug or did we do something wrong in the blacklist? Any help would be appreciated, and thanks in advance! :)

@Baecon: The issue will be fixed in the next update, thanks for reporting!

@Eldritch Crabbo:
The blacklist should be working, but Coels have an additional variant - the Ocean coels. Is it possible that all coels still spawning are in the ocean?

Either way, you could greatly simplify the list by making use for the partial matching support to shorten it to eg.

DinoBlacklist=Coel,Salmon,Piranha,Bee_C,Cnidaria,Euryp,Hesperonis,Ichthyornis,Leech,Lamprey

(Bee is that way so it doesn't match Beelzebuffo or Dung Beetle if you only used "Bee")

what are the abilities of other shiney varients like tiger, saffron etc. (i found only few of them listed in abilities section).

Those are only colors, they don't have special abilities. Please be mindful where to post questions, this is bug reports. :)