Just a note. The memory is currently maxing out on the server. Not sure what is happening. Working on it.

nvm, Rag update got removed... *sigh*

New patch just went live... wake up Dark :P ... hahahahaha

Mod mismatch again

Mod Mismatch :(

looks like its down again :(

Server keeps crashing, I can't even get it booted now. I've just run a file validate and I am attempting to boot it again.

Let me know if anyone looses anything.

We have had people connecting all day. The last one was 8 minutes ago.

I updated it at 10:00am. They published another update after that though. It is an ARK update, not a mod which shouldn't stop you from joining a server.

Hey Dark cant find server. My ark updated so im assuming server needs an update. Not in any ruish just letting you know

Yeah, I have just got online and noticed. I am going to run a file check before I bring it up so eta 20 - 30 minutes and it should be online again.

server down?

Looks like the server needs another update :(

OK server is updated, booting up now and I changed the breeding interval multiplier to 5x.

:(

The bank repossessed their house, she had to move.

and quick, while I am still on holidays :P ... I want to play some ark.. haha

lost her house? :(

Last I heard Buffy lost her house. I've not had any communication since the last time she was on steam.

We will be switching to Ragnarok. More info in the announcement.

Also see Buffy hasn't been online for 37 days? is everything ok

Any news on if/when anything will happen with the server? just curious, its been dead as a door nail in here for a while.. lol

Its just built off the Ark engine, but its a MMO RPG ... with taming and building essentially... ohh and Magic of course...

It looks interesting, if it really offers something ARK doesn't, I may give it a try.

So who's starting playing Dark and Light?

Well, above vanilla where they were to begin with. Most of the tamed and wild stats were never adjusted.

Where they have been adjusted however, they remain above vanilla.

I adjusted some of the per level stat multipliers. It was a nerf for players and tamed animals and a buff for wild in an effort to bring more challenge back into the game.

In all cases they are still above vanilla values.

If anyone feels the need to respec I am willing to spawn in the needed items for free.

I'm actually playing on Rag on another server atm with the explicit intention of testing.

I'm liking it so far.

@Nos I get you want them to switch to Rag because you're bored with it and think it'll revitialize the community. I just simply disagree with you and cited why. But as you said its all good.

Yeah no worries, you don't seem to get what I am getting here. All good.

@Nos part 2: Add to this the fact that when you then add a new map like rag officially, as I said, every kid runs to the new shiny for a while and then the dust settles and people redistrubute across other maps once again.

Ark has a glut of servers. This has been this way for years and always gets worse during the northern hemisphere's summer when every kid thinks they can set up a server.

@Nos Of the 17000+ unofficial servers that exist(not counting the hundreds of official craptastic ones), the average number of people at peak concurrent times is between 4-8. Some have much higher(and with it the sustainability issues that occur with mall sized dino lots) but many of them are in regions with limited choices of servers( I know for example a JP one that has at peak 25-30 players but it lags like no other.

Yeah, and I do... it was purely a suggestion as unfortunately this server has been pretty quite for some time... there is rarely more than 1 person online.

@Nos Another nice thing is that because the rag map is the new shiny, a zillion servers are up and running with it with same/similar mods and rates as this one(as they're pretty common settings/mod choices). I always tell folks to have multiple servers in their game play portfolio with 1 or so anchor ones. Perhaps just simply considering to play on a secondary server like that would be of merit.

yeah I agree, wipe centric sucks... but personally, I think the Island is getting real old and kinda boring

@Nos Its unfinished, still. If you want a map specifically with SE things on it then The volcano map would be better. However, I really hope the we'll not chase every new shiny be like the wipe centric servers. Besides the few new dinos on Rag really arent that great.

So new Official Vanilla Map... with Scorch stuff and things too.... *Hint* *Hint*

Server is updated. The mod that was causing the crash had an update so I have left it in for now. I will log in tonight some time and test it as soon as I am free.

Yeah seems like they didn't fix the crash.. Updating again.. Server should be back up in 10 mins.

Server crashed at 2:35am GMT+10.

That sounds good, its the main reason I didn't build with castle, because foundations were a pain in the ass :P

They don't need foundations to place and act as foundations to provide support for other pieces.

don't ceilings usually count as foundations?... or do you mean so they don't need foundation to place?

OK I've just found a config that lets the Castle ceilings count as foundations. I am considering enabling it. Does anyone have an opinion on that?

Server updated.

Noreplenishradius for structures decreased to 0.7. This should work out to around 8-10 foundations, depending on the resource.

Element drop rate has been doubled for Gamma and Beta bosses. Alpha bosses element has been increased by 1.5x. Manticore element drop has not been edited at this time.

Upgrade Station mod added. Currently capped to Journeyman quality and the Augment Station hidden. I MAY enable the augment station if people want it. I am concerned it will make it too easy to upgrade items. If you want to make a case for it please do so in the forums.

Buffed Darts mod removed and New Tranq Arrows installed in it's place. You will no longer have uber darts but the multiple new arrows added can be used on bows, compound bows, and crossbows inc underwater. They range in torpor from 1k - 50k. For reference the Buffed Darts were doing ~12k.

Server needs update and restart. People cant log in cause of Mod Update.

Pimp my Home and Building Supplies mods removed to help improve load times.

Raiddinofeeding IS enabled but Titan's are still starving at the moment so I wouldn't bother attempting to tame one for the time being.

If anyone wants to know an accurate number of people online you can view that here: https://toparkservers.com/server/139.99.131.143:27030/

Classic Flyers added. I won't add the Upgrade Station at the moment as the documentation is not available so I can't disable the upgrade tiers which would make the mod op and trivialize the content.

OK Sorry for the inconvenience all. We have the server up and running right now after running through the updates a second time.

If you still have trouble please verify your game files through steam and let me know if there are still issues.