ARK Survival Evolved

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18 Aug

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A cubemap is just one way to represent a 360 degree spherical image, albeit the most efficient way for real-time graphics. But for 2D artists, the easiest way to create and work with 360 degree spherical images is in a program that supports editing them directly without worrying about all the warping and edges, such as Photoshop:

https://youtu.be/AL9r6rKwFmI

Once you have your 360 degree spherical image in the format of an equirectangular image, there are numerous ways to convert it to a cubemap depending on how you plan to use it. Unreal Engine, for example, converts equirectangular images automat...

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17 Aug

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    Chris on Forums - Thread - Direct

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


16 Aug


15 Aug

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    ZenRowe on Forums - Thread - Direct

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...

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Originally posted by izzidora

I love that tree on Valguero lol.

At this point I'm assuming it is intentional.

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Originally posted by The_Only_Squid

It is actually a sneak peak of the trees that genesis is gonna have.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯


14 Aug

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Unfortunately, some technical issues prevent those machines from being rolled back. I've spoken with Customer Service and they fully expect to assist any P+ servers that had issues with this deployment.

I'll speak with QA on the non-primitive items. It's the first I've heard. I'm wondering if it's isolated to those servers.

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    Chris on Forums - Thread - Direct

Thanks for the suggestion.