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Ark Rebalanced - Zwinkie Total Conversion 1.4.1 - DISCONTINUED

This total conversion was made by Genva and Netsike. After playing hundreds of hours of playing and following the developement of Ark, we found the balance of the dinosaurs catastrophic (sorry devs!) so we decided, we are going to rebalance the game as WE like it! Our previous mod (Zwinkie Balanced Tamed Dinos) became very hard to manage after the regular updates, so we converted everything into a Total Conversion mod and after a lot of testing and changing, we decided to make it public, maybe there are some people, who are not pleased with the current balance of the game. :)

WHAT THIS TOTAL CONVERSION OFFERS:
The biggest change is the nerf of the tamed dinosaurs. From now on it cannot happen, that you just simply kill a T-Rex alone with your Raptor or shred the half dino population with your OP Pteranodon... This mod gives you back the feeling, that you should better run, when you meet the most dangerous creatures of the island! If you choose to play with this mod, you won't have problems with super OP Giganotos or Alpha T-Rexes in the future, since they got a revamp too. The new kibble system is easier to remember, more logical and rewarding! But for more information, please chech the features and the images in the gallery!



INSTALLATION:
Client
After subscribing to the mod make sure you activate it in Ark (main menu right bottom corner) and restart the game.
For a full reset you should kill all the tamed and wild creatures on the map! (admincheat destroyallenemies)

Server
Copy the mod files to your dedicated server and start the server with the following command:
start ShooterGameServer.exe "<MapName>?listen?TotalConversionMod=684515016?<Other_Parameters>" -
Example for the Island map:
start ShooterGameServer.exe "TheIsland?listen?MaxPlayers=16?TotalConversionMod=684515016?bRawSockets"

WARNING!!!
Your previously tamed dinos may disappear after installing the total conversion mod! Tamed vanilla dinos will probably stay and get the update afterwards, but it's not guaranteed, so a fresh start is recommended!

COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER MODS:
"Ark Rebalanced" is not compatible with other total conversion mods! Every other mod you install should cause no problem, however they override the original files, so should not use mods, what changes anything, which is listed in the features!

RECOMMENDED SETTINGS:
- dino nerf in the server settings is reversed in the mod, so you don't have to set up anything for that

Server GameUserSettings.ini
DifficultyOffset=0 (Higher values might break the balance)
TamingSpeedMultiplier=1 (the default taming effectiveness is 4 times faster than in the vanilla game!)

Single Player Settings
Difficulty Level: 0.145
Taming Speed: 1.0



FEATURES:
- Tamed dinos are less overpowered:
* reduced max level gain at taming from max +50% to max +20%
* removed all other bonuses at taming
* health increase at a level up is reduced from +27% to 10%
* damage increase at a level up is reduced from 10% to 4%
* various low level creatures can now be tamed just passively -> Dodo, Parasaur, Carbonemys, Ankylo, Castoroides, Doedicurus, Megaloceros, Pachy, Phiomia, Triceratops, Kairuku and Beelzebufo
* all tameable creatures now tame 4 times faster (without changing the taming speed in the settings)

- Other dinosaur changes:
* rebalanced dino health, damage, torpor and torpor regeneration rate on various dinos (knocking out and taming big dinos will be much harder!) -> check the images for more information!
* all dinosaurs have their full names now (e.g. Ankylo -> Ankylosaurus)
* wild baby dinos! -> for a full list check the gallery
* color changes for most of the dinos -> new colors are added, check the images for more information! (color ID is listed for "cheat SetTargetDinoColor")
* fixed Pachy and Gigantopithecus -> from now on they won't fall through the map when dropped by a flyer!
* some items weight less in various dinosaurs -> for example in a Mammoth berries and wood weights 50% less! -> for more information, check the gallery!
* prime meat drop changes -> added: Triceratops, removed: Dimetrodon, baby dinos
* egg weight rebalance
* disabled smithy for Castoroides

- Rebananced dino spawns:
* Max dino level is 150
* Max tameable dino level is 80! Don't forget it!
* Made T-Rex, Spino, Plessiosaurus, Mosasaurus and Giganotosaurus more dangerous (min spawn lvl is 40)!

- Nerfed Giganotosaurus! (stats are slightly better than the T-Rex stats)
* removed rage meter, but the bleeding debuff after biting is still there!
* new base health: 1700
* new base torpor: 2400
* health gain at level up (tamed) is increased to 10%
* size decreased to ~70%, so it's more realistic (still bigger than a T-Rex tho)

- Alpha dinosaur revamp, phase 1:
* vanilla alpha dinos are temporarly disabled and will be revamped!
* new alpha dinos are added instead -> their only spawn level is 80
* all alphas are aggressive and need to be knocked out for taming!
* the basic stats are slightly better, than the normal ones
* alphas will NOT get a mate boost with non alpha dinos!
* 10% size increase
* color changes -> alphas are mostly darker, than normal dinos + females and males have mostly different colors
* list of creatures: Raptor, Direwolf, Sabertooth Cat, Argentavis, Dilo, Megaloceros, Terrorbird, Triceratops, Carno, Compy, Mammoth, T-Rex, Spino

- Kibble system revamp:
* removed Titanoboa kibble -> the Titanoboa eggs are very effective for Oviraptor taming instead!
* recipe changes -> the egg, crop and meat ingredient changed for most of the kibbles, the others stayed (water, mejoberries and fiber)
* for more details, please check the diagram (in the mod gallery)!

- More common names for the item tiers:
* Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Exotic, Legendary

- Armor revamp:
* weight change for every armor type
* fur armor: requirements are slightly decreased

- Other features:
* "Small Vault" added: around 50% smaller than the original vault, cost the half and can store up to 75 items

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