Posts by Myrm

Quote from Rondeau04

I would suggest just keep both but make sure they're the same numbers.

Thank you Rondeau04

I will try my best not to harass you with stupid questions (I'm aware I have been asking a lot of questions lately )

No! I am not allowing this expert stuff to get the better of me!!

Take two!

Okay, I think I might have cracked it, to a point, simply by trial and error on a spare server that I have, which is waiting for Crystal Isles.

So, I set up the settings to how I would like them, and I had a few errors, but I managed to sort them out. Now I do have a question please:

When I activate expert settings, I notice that there is still a general settings tab, albeit with a greatly reduced number of settings, now that expert mode is activated. I have noticed that there is at least one setting in expert (gamerusersetting.ini) which is also present in the general tab. That setting is

OverrideOfficialDifficulty

It's in both expert and general. My question is, can I delete this setting from expert as it's in general? Or do I have to keep both, but just make sure that they both agree with each other, as in they have the same value.

Thank you.

Quote from TheRusttt

So my question is when i purchase it will it show up on the Nitrado website under my account so I can make changes there and access expert mode? Sorry if it turns out to be a dumb question. Just curious so I dont waste my money.

Yes. You purchase the server via the Xbox app (I downloaded the app directly onto my Xbox to my the server purchase). Once purchased, you go to your Nitrado account website on your computer, and there you can mess with your settings. When you want to renew your server (or change the number of slots) you'll need to do this through the Nitrado app.

Thanks DOAGEN

That link you provided to console commands seems to be for commands entered directly into the admin window in-game, not what you add to your ini settings on the Nitrado server itself.

Many thanks for the advice on copy paste into expert. I'll take a look at that.

Quote from DOAGEN

You would need to post the correct code that belongs in the game.ini and gus.ini files.

Yes, I understand that, but what I mean is does it matter what order I put the code into the relevant files? For example, if I added dincountmultiplier, daytimecyclelespeed and nighttimecyclespeed, (none of which appear automatically in expert), do I have too put them in any particular order?

Sigh!

As the title of this post suggests, I'm absolutely fed up with expert settings.

What is doing my head in is why do some settings not appear in expert, when they are in general?

Some examples:

NightTimeSpeedScale

DayTimeSpeedScale

DinoCountMultiplier

They are listed on the Nitrado Expert Settings Wiki Page, but when I look at my expert settings, this values, among others, are not there. Not in gamerusesettings or game settings. I have to add these essential settings in myself.

Why are these essential settings not present in expert? I know "expert" is, by its definition, for the more advanced, but surely settings such as these should be in the expert settings. Else how does the game determine the values to apply in the game?

I thought that expert would give me not only the "normal" settings, but extra ones to play with. However, it appears I have less settings to tweak than I do with normal. It seems I am just given a selection of the normal ones, and the rest I have to go search on a wiki page for.

I think I'll stick to non-expert as it makes far more sense.

Is it just me or does expert actually mean "Hey here are some of the settings you need, but as for the rest, including essential ones - meh, go sort it out yourself"

Thank you DOAGEN

Does it matter where in the gameusersettings I place the relevant code? I understand that I should touch nothing above the Server Settings section.

Hi

On XBox.

I am perusing the expert settings on one of my offline servers before I restart it. I have noticed that the wild dino count multiplier that is present in non-expert settings, is not present in expert.

According to the Nitrado wiki expert should contain the following line:

DinoCountMultiplier

But when I scrutinise my expert settings (both gamester and game inbox files), this setting is not present.

Is it the case that there are some non-expert settings that are not in expert by default, and that I have to manually add this command in myself?

Thank you.

Two things that spring to my mind:

1) Does the server have a password? if so, ensure you checked "Password Protected" on the server search screen.

2) Have you checked "Unofficial PC Sessions" on the server search page?

Two commands that immediately come to my mind are:

1) admincheat Destroystructures

This remove every structure on the map, including yours.

2) admincheat destroyallenemies

This one removes all non-player and tamed dinosaurs (though I am not sure if it will remove your own tames, as they would not be classed as enemies.)

Rondeau04 Thank you vary much for the information. It is not only helpful, but appreciated.

Hi

I have noticed that there are two areas in the settings that have duplicated settings.

In the general settings there are:

Prevent Survivor-Download

Prevent Item-Download

Prevent Dino-Download

Prevent Survivor-Upload

In the Cross Ark settings are the following:

Prevent Survivor-Download

Prevent Item-Download

Prevent Dino-Download

Prevent Survivor-Upload

Disable downloading player information

Prevent Item-Upload

Prevent Dino-Upload

If I had those settings in General ticked, preventing the downloads/uploads, but did not have them ticked in CrossArk settings, would they clash or cancel each other out?

I am assuming that if I want to allow uploads/downloads within my clusters, I would have to ensure none of the options are selected in either general or CrossArk. Is that right?

Also, can somebody upload/download from outside my cluster? I want to stop people from being able to upload/download out of/into my cluster from outside the cluster.

Thank you.

I do not understand why this is so, but when I switched over to expert settings, I discovered that my non-expert settings had NOT transferred over to expert. Everything had been reset to default.

Thanks, DOAGEN

Thank you Rondeau04

Yes, the settings I have in non-expert are currently as I want them. I have no intention (just yet) of changing the settings in expert any more than they are in non-expert, I just want the greater freedom that expert brings with the length of the MOTD. Though I must admit I would like to learn how to insert a code/setting that will get rid of those pesky birds that steal stuff from you.

I'll save my non-expert settings onto my computer before I switch over to expert. In that way, if I wish to switch back to non-expert I can load up the saved settings.

I think it simply means they have not created a tribe. I see this same thing in my logs when somebody who is not part of a tribe carries out some action.

If they have a tame or a structure you can still find their tribe ID. Simply use the setcheatplayer true code in the admin box and you'll see lots of information pop up on your HUD. Look at the person's tame/structure and you'll see a "Team ID". That's their tribe ID whether they have a tribe or not. I don;t thin lei can ban using the team ID, but you can remove all their stuff and tames, and remove the player too.

Hi

Probably a real nooby question, but if I switch my current Ark Nitrado server (Xbox) from non-expert to expert settings, will my current non-expert settings carry over to expert? Or will I lose them all?

Thank you.

A problem your end? As I a able to access the website and ticket submission page.

I fixed it!

In case anybody else has the same problem, here is the problem that was causing the second server not to show:

Both of my servers had the exact same name. When I realised this I amended the two server names to reflect what map they were using by inserting Rag and Val into the respective server names. Now both servers show in the obelisk terminals.

That helps indeed. Thank you Rondeau04