ARK Survival Evolved Dev Tracker

@FM_17_8 Not openable is... hmmm..

@FM_17_8 Yea there are so many challenges with this item. It was a great concept but hard to execute for sure.

The hardest part obviously being the flight path and allowing the player to set the location. But all in all I got it done (with some help)

And then it spent months and months in QA fixing issues - THE END 😂

Then onto other things like making sure it inflated

Next, QA warned me that players would likely just attach C4 to them and send them to peoples bases, so I had to test

Earlier versions of this balloon had it flying pretty low to the ground and moving up/down depending on what's in front of it.

That served to be too resource-intensive so I went back to the drawing board. I looked at the maps highest Z point and worked my way down. By placing the balloon very high, I'd avoid most flight path scenarios

Hurdle two was accounting for the flight path. How high do you need to send it? Not high enough and it will run into geo. I started with an algorithm that looked X FT ahead and modulated the flight path up or down.

I ran into a lot of issues with this one even though it seemed simple. One the math - you'll learn a lot about our coordinates if you open the dev kit. Mapping our coordinates to the real-world location was hurdle one

The year: 2018

The Mission: Create a balloon where players can send items from one location to the next.

The Problem: The flight path, variable heights (structures and geo), accounting for server crashes (making sure the balloon remembered where to go)

@codigoalex_ You should think about it. The works in this program have made it to the official game (Ragnarok, The Center). Would be cool to have more cultural representations!

@codigoalex_ Have you ever applied for our mod program? We pay modders monthly for showing their passion for ARK mods. You should look into it!

@NeoVanilluxe FAN COMIC!?!?!? SIGN ME UP

@seriouslyclara @zzzzzunit Solid

@seriouslyclara @zzzzzunit My original comment was about one person being truly effective in each of these roles at one time, which still stands. Whether it can/should be done isn't what I wanted to key on. I wanted to key on whether it's effective.

@seriouslyclara @zzzzzunit ^ this

@seriouslyclara @zzzzzunit His point was that sometimes smaller companies offer postings that need tasks filled but don't have the budget as some of the larger companies because they are new. In that case, they aren't expecting someone to realistically meet the 100% expectation which I said I can see.

@zzzzzunit @seriouslyclara Fair

@codigoalex_ Oh I'm sorry! hahahahaha

@zzzzzunit @seriouslyclara except some of these companies do expect you to excel. They aren't like hey do what you can. but I see your point