beacons barely spawn with issues.

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  • I need help figuring out how to fix this problem. I tweaked some settings and now I barely get and beacon spawns and when I do they're either white or rainbow and I need help solving this issue. Any information/help would be greatly appreciated.

  • I'm dont really remember I edited a handful of things... here is the game user settings and game.ini



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    SFXAudioVolume=1.000000

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    bThirdPersonPlayer=False

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    bInvertLookY=False

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    bChatBubbles=True

    bJoinNotifications=False

    bCraftablesShowAllItems=True

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    sg.TrueSkyQuality=3

    sg.GroundClutterQuality=3

    sg.IBLQuality=1

    sg.HeightFieldShadowQuality=3


    [SessionSettings]

    SessionName=[US] Taylors Ark


    [/Script/Engine.GameSession]

    MaxPlayers=10


    [ServerSettings]

    ServerAdminPassword=******

    ServerPassword=*****

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    MaxPersonalTamedDinos=1000

    BanListURL=

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    ShowMapPlayerLocation=True

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    ServerForceNoHUD=False

    NoTributeDownloads=False

    DifficultyOffset=0.5

    DisableStructureDecayPvE=False

    AllowFlyerCarryPvE=True

    NewMaxStructuresInRange=1300

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    bJoinNotifications=False

    bShowStatusNotificationMessages=False

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    AllowCaveBuildingPvE=True

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    TribeNameChangeCooldown=15

    AllowHideDamageSourceFromLogs=True

    RandomSupplyCratePoints=False

    DisableWeatherFog=False

    AdminLogging=False

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    OverrideStructurePlatformPrevention=True

    PreventOfflinePvP=True

    AllowAnyoneBabyImprintCuddle=True

    DisableImprintDinoBuff=False

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    OnlyAutoDestroyCoreStructures=True

    ClampItemSpoilingTimes=False

    AutoDestroyDecayedDinos=False

    PreventTribeAlliances=True

    RCONEnabled=True

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    TheMaxStructuresInRange=4500.000000

    OxygenSwimSpeedStatMultiplier=1.000000

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    PlatformSaddleBuildAreaBoundsMultiplier=1.000000

    StructurePickupTimeAfterPlacement=1000.

    StructurePickupHoldDuration=0.500000

    AllowIntegratedSPlusStructures=True

    RaidDinoCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier=1.000000

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    PreventDownloadSurvivors=False

    PreventDownloadItems=False

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    PreventUploadSurvivors=False

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    PreventUploadDinos=False

    AllowCrateSpawnsOnTopOfStructures=True

    TamingSpeedMultiplier=50.0

    HarvestAmountMultiplier=9.0

    PlayerCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier=.15

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    DinoCountMultiplier=5.0

    XPMultiplier=50.0

    SpectatorPassword=15324Pickles

    DayTimeSpeedScale=.50

    PlayerDamageMultiplier=1.35

    StructureDamageMultiplier=.35

    StructureResistanceMultiplier=.03

    PlayerCharacterWaterDrainMultiplier=.15

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    DayCycleSpeedScale=.50

    NightTimeSpeedScale=.50

    AlwaysAllowStructurePickup=true

    PvPStructureDecay=False

    OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.000000


    [MessageOfTheDay]

    Message=Welcome to Taylor's Ark, enjoy!

    Duration=20








    [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]

    LevelExperienceRampOverrides=

    LevelExperienceRampOverrides=

    OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=100

    bOnlyAllowSpecifiedEngrams=true

    GlobalSpoilingTimeMultiplier=0

    GlobalItemDecompositionTimeMultiplier=0

    GlobalCorpseDecompositionTimeMultiplier=0

    PvPZoneStructureDamageMultiplier=6.0

    bPvEDisableFriendlyFire=false

    ResourceNoReplenishRadiusPlayers=2

    ResourceNoReplenishRadiusStructures=1

    bAutoPvETimer=false

    bAutoPvEUseSystemTime=false

    AutoPvEStartTimeSeconds=0

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    LayEggIntervalMultiplier=10.0

    DinoTurretDamageMultiplier=1.0

    bDisableLootCrates=false

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    bPassiveDefensesDamageRiderlessDinos=false

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    CraftXPMultiplier=1.0

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    PGMapName=PGMap

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    bUseSingleplayerSettings=false

    bAllowUnlimitedRespecs=false

    SupplyCrateLootQualityMultiplier=9.0

    FishingLootQualityMultiplier=5.0

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    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[11]=10

    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=5

    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[10]=5

    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[8]=5

    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[1]=5

    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[3]=5

    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[4]=5

    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[5]=5

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    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[1]=5

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    PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[0]=5

    BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=50.0

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    HairGrowthSpeedMultiplier=5.0

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    KickIdlePlayersPeriod=3600

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    UseCorpseLifeSpanMultiplier=30

    bLimitTurretsInRange=false

    bShowCreativeMode=true

    WildDinoTorporDrainMultiplier=.35

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    bAutoUnlockAllEngrams=true

  • DOAGEN

    Changed the title of the thread from “I started my own server and tweaked options and now beacons barely spawn and when they do they're either white or rainbow” to “beacons barely spawn with issues.”.
  • Update: we fixed the issue. The issue was that we had "OnlyAllowSpecficEngrams" set to true. Which cause the beacons to barely spawn and to not give out higher teir items the chance to spawn. This option also prevented alphas from giving you loot once they were killed, and also prevented cave loot drops from spawning.