ARK Survival Evolved Dev Tracker

Sponsored Mod Program Applications

Sponsored Mod Program applications are once again OPEN! If you are interested in sponsorship for your projects, please fill out the application here: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/modding/apply-for-sponsorship/
This will be the last application period until January so make sure to get those projects in!

New Sponsored Mods

Finally, We have three new projects joining the Sponsored Mod Program today! We have a pretty interesting range of mod types this time for creatures and a utility mod for builders!

Clockwork Creatures

Mechanical steampunk beasts are on the loose! If you are a fan of the steampunk aesthetic, check out this mod which adds a range of new creatures to the game, with more brass than ...

This is not something we will be adding anytime soon, but thank you for the suggestion.

There are a couple of things to note about this.
We have never allowed DLC maps to be reuploaded as mods either.
With items and creatures, even if you don't own the DLC, you can still end up with these over the course of multiplayer gamplay from other players bringing creatures and items across maps, etc, even without using mods. And even without DLC these items can be spawned in singleplayer games with ease if really desired.
Restricting the use of these in mods is somewhat silly seeing as we don't even try to restrict the content that way in normal play.
The HLN-A Skin is a bit different though. It is something that is not intended to be tradable, droppable, or spawnable.
The mod specifically overrides and circumvents the item settings in order distribute the item.
This skin is a special item awarded for supporting the development of genesis by purchasing the new season pass. We have more restrictions on this particular item than we do on...

Thanks for the suggestion.

Should be fixed now Apologies for not getting to the outage report sooner it's been a bit hectic

Just FYI I added a "Last Updated" bit at the bottom of the thread to hopefully avoid some confusion about whether its accurate or not since forum members only see posted date.

It's related to Steam Maintenance. We are seeing it across the board right now with both official and non-official.

Yes, it's happening on Valguero on all platforms.

That won't happen. As it will interfere with our moderation process. Users could easily do/say something terrible and then delete it and claim they hadn't.

I've been dealing with the reports as they come in. Unfortunately when it comes to DoS there are limitations especially when it concerns game servers due to the type of traffic. Given that this is an Oceanic server we are much more limited in our DoS protection and mitigation versus our other regions since we use a different host provider. However with that said, I have dealt with the various traffic coming in a few times today on this server (assuming it's the one that's been reported a few times today) but it's not something that is automatically handled and I don't monitor the server 24/7 simply because I have > 4,000 other servers that require attention as well. Also, I do not typically reply to outage reports nor do I handle tickets in the support system so you won't really see any responses from my end apart from occasional tweets and forum replies like this on these types of issues.

I'll take that as a yes, you're welcome.

I've updated the Microsoft API. Could you check if it's working now? Thanks

This is now fixed.

What you're seeing is an error in the JS for the Mod Contest Countdown timer script. Nothing at all to do with the new 'mystery' countdown banner I put up. But thanks for pointing that out, i'll let Josh know he needs to fix it

Thanks for letting me know, i'll look into it!

The dev team is aware of the issue.
At this time I do not have an ETA for you though.

There is a community-run discord that most of the modding community lives in. https://discord.arkmodding.net/

The contest manager application was custom made, and there are still some things I would like to add to it in the future. Right now though it's completely automated for scoring and calculations.
An audit API for viewing aggregate voting data (after a contest has concluded) is one of those wishlist items.
(Wishlist is definitely a key point here though, as all of this has a time cost associated with it and I'm the only one who knows how this application works right now.)
The maps all moved to the finals because there were only 10 eligible maps. Based on the rules (10 finalists selected per category) they all go forward regardless of the internal voting scores.
Currently, all voting is anonymous, I didn't even know who the finalists were going to be until the system made the results public.

Character and integrity aside, it just wouldn't be worth the potential risks.

Enhance your base with these automation systems. Build a factory that works while you hunt. Start an industrial revolution.

Survive in the cold environments of Antartika and enjoy the serene views.