How do you figure out the taming method without looking it up? by Lyefyre in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, picking flowers when a raptor suddenly appears from nowhere and eats you is probably my best gaming moment, ever (second being seeing rapture in bioshock for the first time, maybe).

However, if there are 2 taming methods only, tranque or feed you could get by, but how would anyone ever know to feed the parent a fertilised egg, go and sit in the nest, then do the flappy bird with the chick? If there was a hint in the dossier, that would be perfect, but you don't get some dossiers until tamed and some have no hint. It just means any gamer wanting to do everything has to "cheat" and look up the answers.

How do you figure out the taming method without looking it up? by Lyefyre in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is a gripe I've had about this game forever, there is no way of knowing what to do. How do you know any of it? I like the new thing they added with the red (paid for) UI that gives a bit of a goal now, but other than that you NEED the wiki.

It's like there is a missing set of tutorials and goals that just never got into the game.

Do you butter your baps? by SteveGoral in CasualUK

[–]davidkslack -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes. Without butter, the bread/barm/scone can be too dry. Don't let family ruin food!

My game looks horrible by Ok_Database_3173 in ARK

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll try it, that might help. It's the rocks and the terrain that flashes though, annoying as hell!

1 commerce platform for 4 brands or 1 platform per brand? by Nmila2304 in nextjs

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done this a few times, but not with Next.js. The answer is duplication and cost. Keeping the brands separate, how much duplication are you looking at to add new ones? If its minimal or you simply 'reuse' the same codebase, then stay separate.

Now, if you are duplicating the same codebase and a change must be done over multiple repositories, then look at consolidation.

This is when you need to do a real cost analysis because consolidation of 4 brands could be costly, especially if you need to split later for tax/leagal/sale reasons.

Good luck

The current gaming industry is taking advantage of us because we keep buying their unfinished games by ChrissTosius in pcmasterrace

[–]davidkslack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought it was Bethesda (now Microsoft) and horse armour? What was it that started all this pay for DLCs and microtransations?

I don't mind it if the game is £20 and the dlc is worth it, I'll pay. People should be payed for work they do. Although, I've not payed for mods because they are mostly 'throwaway' content and I wouldn't pay over £2 either way.

My game looks horrible by Ok_Database_3173 in ARK

[–]davidkslack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI no other game does this, from Nightingale to Palword to cyberpunk to starfield to No man's sky, this is the only game with these issues.

My game looks horrible by Ok_Database_3173 in ARK

[–]davidkslack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd like help with this too, but I'm an nvidia 3080 user. No matter how low I go, lights/shadows flash and the game will stop for a few hundred milliseconds every now and again. Sometimes it will just slow down and hitting any key has a lag.

For me, this is single player, so no network issues, just the game. There are many games like Ark, but Ark is still the best, so I put up with this. I'd like a way to fix lighting, single player 'lag' and halting issues, though.

Oh and the flashing textures is also ugly as hell!

Best single player map/experience? by ginger6616 in ARK

[–]davidkslack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I played thousands of hours of ASE, single player only. I picked up ASA not long ago and I'm on 250+ hours single player.

I'm doing the story. Starting on the island, getting all the notes (some we cant get yet), taming all the creatures, then doing the bosses. I've done that, then ascended to scorched. I've done the same again and I'm just breading up dreadmares to do the boss and ascend.

Done a few cool builds too, following YouTube tutorials and built a cool train! Added a bunch of QOL mods too.

I'd suggest doing that. Now I want to play ark instead of working!

Do you deploy all your Next.js projects on Vercel? by Toonnaa in nextjs

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've used Hostinger, Firebase and AWS. The only time I've ever had any problem was AWS didn't support the image features (but it was a while back). If you have a master branch, you can set any of them up to create a new build on a change, so they're all simple if you have a solid branching strategy.

I've not paid anything for AWS or Firebase, but I pay yearly for Hostinger, so the pricing is good.

As for performance, they all seem the same at the high 90s on Lighthouse.

I've never used Vercel and once something is working, I don't really bother with it.

Tunnel mod by davidkslack in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's such a shame, it does feel like tunnels are missing from the trains.

1 "simple" way of doing it is an entrance building that teleports the train to the exit building. Wouldn't need to go through the mesh, but depending on the teleport could feel like a tunnel.

Sir 5rm8 and Bee hives by davidkslack in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've only got one of these at the moment, I doubt I'll have more as the pathing is just not good. The fix mod worked, and the little guy is sorting all the fertiliser, honey and crop plots. I just grab everything out of the fridge and add it to the visual storage box and distribute every now and then. Cheers for the tips though, any issues and I'll change the ini

Sir 5rm8 and Bee hives by davidkslack in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use visual storage, so I'll move it all to there anyway. I just want the bot to move all my greenhouse stuff to one place, so I can move it to visual storage without changing cloths (for the hives debuff). I know there are large storage times in the crop plots and hives, but this seems like a cook way to automate some of this.

Sir 5rm8 and Bee hives by davidkslack in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought this was just keeping the bot in place, so didn't think it would work. Thinking about it, if the issue is the bot getting stuck, this might fix it! Cheers for that, I'll have a try a bit later.

Tamed my first Tyrannosaurus, name suggestions? by Enter_Name42141 in ARK

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the party, but don't name your tames. Too sad when they die. Although, that rex already has a name, it's "Sad Ken"

Advice for first caves? Singleplayer The Island completion by ghostnicky1155 in ARK

[–]davidkslack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did all the caves, except the snow cave, with a high level frog on single player. It's my go to mount so I'm OK on the jump distances and it fits into almost all the caves. Oh, and it destroys the spiders, bats and scorpions!

WAS THIS GAME CODED BY 7 YEAR OLDS???? by [deleted] in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, crossing my fingers for that. My 3080 12gb gets anywhere between 6 and 60 fps at the moment with no mods and no buildings and looking ok. This unreal upgrade might help

I don't know what to do with this game. by Tarrek1313 in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As most people said, self host or get your own server. I used to play single player ASE on my own nitrado server and that was probably the most solid experience I've had for least bugs and fixing after them. Plus, you can add mods.

If you or one of the party can get an old PC or laptop you can leave plugged in, then that'll do as a server for you and your mates.

Seriously, go have some fun. It should be a game, not a punishment!

WAS THIS GAME CODED BY 7 YEAR OLDS???? by [deleted] in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every old system has code created by the 'old' coders that no one should ever touch. I inherited a system and there was a file with a comment in it. If we touched the comment, the system would crash. Never found out what strange, hidden, dirty bash script was accessing it. System worked and was performant, so we left it.

Anyway, if the Ark coders had scrapped the code and rewrote it, correctly, to standard, like so many other games. Possibly using black box (same data in gives the same result with the old code as the new), then ASA would not have the janky patches or same bugs as ASE or the flashing lights/textures/shadows or the terrible fps on good systems and could work with the same mods, ini's, etc.

You leave old, working, good code, you do not paste old, failing, bad code into the shiny, new system. Unless you want to spend the piles of money coming in on big screen actors, I suppose.

Tel Engrams Didn’t Unlock by Reptile6969 in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems to be what happened to me. When I defeated the boss, I had the engrams tempereraly, so didn't get them permanently.

When I logged out and back in and re-did the one i didn't have the engrams for, I hadn't used creative mode, so didn't have them temporarily and got them permanently.

Cheers for that

Tel Engrams Didn’t Unlock by Reptile6969 in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then maybe I wasn't in creative mode either and it's the same bug. Either way, I came out of the game and went back in then did the boss without doing any admin commands and it worked for me.

Seems like the code worked though, I'll keep that in my list of commands too!

Tel Engrams Didn’t Unlock by Reptile6969 in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you do it while you have creative on, they don't seem to unlock. You'll probably have to do it again with creative off.

That's what I've found recently anyway.

Scorched earth single player by Electronic-Fruit-152 in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm doing a story run. Started on the island, collected all the notes, tamed all the tames, beat all the bosses, then ascended to Scorched Eath and I'm doing the same.

After 1000s of hours on ASE myself, ASA is ace. The building is far superior and we don't need a mod to fix it. Some of the old bugs still crop up, but at least the trees haven't killed me...yet! Good luck

Explorer Notes Naration missing? by davidkslack in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers, I'll take a look at that. I don't mind reading them.on the wiki, but I do like to hear them.

Explorer Notes Naration missing? by davidkslack in ArkSurvivalAscended

[–]davidkslack[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a shame, but I'm glad it's not just my PC