ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Better Vanilla Gigas
81 Comments
Subho 24 Apr, 2024 @ 9:08am 
[BetterVanillaGigas]
GnashAttack=True
AllowedBossDino=True
GnashCooldown=5
PreventRage=True
Shinygati  [author] 10 Sep, 2023 @ 4:18am 
@Zichfried There is no config as this mod is basically discontinued now as i focus more on my other mod that this has become part of but does let you config the breeding settings as well as disable everything else in the mod if you're interested.
Zichfried 9 Sep, 2023 @ 6:57pm 
Hi! There is any config to make gigas to have their original grow time?
Zichfried 8 Sep, 2023 @ 12:14am 
This mod is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!
Though I have a question... Is this mod compatible with any Tek Giga mod or it does include Tek Gigas?
RunicKnight1 10 Jan, 2023 @ 9:38pm 
Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for getting back with me so quickly, I appreciate that.
Shinygati  [author] 10 Jan, 2023 @ 9:33pm 
@RunicKnight1 Unfortunately that would not work for mods based on buffs, it would need a new modded creature for that as the changes would be removed each time you restart or render the creature and will cause issues with incorrect melee/missing health.
RunicKnight1 10 Jan, 2023 @ 9:21pm 
Greetings. I have been looking for a descent Giga mod for a while now. Most of them either heavily nerf them, or give them full wild stats. I was searching for a mod that is more balanced, or at least gives the option to do so. I like the fact that your mods have a number of INI options available, so the player has the choice on how it plays out. What I am trying to ask, is if you would consider making an INI option to only nerf health and melee by 20% instead of 80%, please?

I think this is more in line with most other creatures' vanilla settings. So, I hope you will at least think about it. I do enjoy your mods and the fact that they are not very intrusive by using buffs. Thanks for all your hard work and effort!:steamthumbsup: I look forward to see what else you will do.:steamhappy:
xReaper 5 Jan, 2023 @ 10:04pm 
Hey I have a suggestion in making the giga roar useful compared to the vanilla one, making it into a fear roar and if people have rage on possibly increase the damage percent it gains in rage mode more than the vanilla does.
Shinygati  [author] 6 Nov, 2022 @ 5:59pm 
@B-O-I It doesn't exactly need stamina as you can level up stamina better than on a giga, but for boss arena and baby growth speed i do plan to support that in the future but will probably be done as a separate mode.
Drak The Man 6 Nov, 2022 @ 11:30am 
Any chance we'll be seeing a few of the buffs (Stamina, Growth, and Boss Arena) applied to Carcha once it's in the kit?
Shinygati  [author] 6 Oct, 2022 @ 7:11pm 
@WatcherCCG I would just test it and see, the tek giga should be no different though since it's just buffed pretty much the same as KBD.
WatcherCCG 6 Oct, 2022 @ 7:02pm 
KBD uses buffs where it can too. The Giga isn't remapped, but I was concerned about how the Tek Giga implemented by KBD would interact with this mod. Guess we'll have to just test it in the field and see what happens, no?
Shinygati  [author] 6 Oct, 2022 @ 6:40pm 
@WatcherCCG I haven't tested it with KBD but it should work unless that mod deactivates other buffs.
WatcherCCG 6 Oct, 2022 @ 6:27pm 
Is it compatible with Kraken's Better Dinos? That's really the only question worth asking, since the mod itself seems close to perfect.
pappy579 14 Sep, 2022 @ 12:49am 
This is an amazing mod. I love my pet Giga, but there were a lot of things that were lacking or inconvenient, and this mod solved it for me.:steamthumbsup:
GarbageEdgelord 8 Sep, 2022 @ 2:19pm 
Had em balled and transported multiple times with dino storage v2 soul balls. Also didn't matter if freshly tamed after a wipe.

Also haven't played in a few days at this point i'll test around more next time.
Shinygati  [author] 3 Sep, 2022 @ 5:41pm 
@GarbageEdgelord have you tried to cryo?
GarbageEdgelord 3 Sep, 2022 @ 5:28pm 
It is saved, but even after yeeting myself off a cliff with the Giga the rage meter didn't appear. (I only tested it with R-Giga)

[BetterVanillaGigas]
GnashAttack=True
AllowedBossDino=False
GnashCooldown=8
PreventRage=False

Gnash attack + cooldown works, boss I didn't try, but the rage meter fails to appear and it has been multiple starts since the configs has been put in.
Shinygati  [author] 1 Sep, 2022 @ 3:40pm 
@Garbage I also have this installed on my server and it works fine, chances are you either entered the config incorrectly or the server may have not saved the changes when you started it up again.
GarbageEdgelord 1 Sep, 2022 @ 12:33pm 
Yeah I am on a server, that could probably be it. Haven't tried the mod in sp.
Shinygati  [author] 30 Aug, 2022 @ 7:38am 
@GarbageEdgelord Do you happen to be on a server or single player? after a quick look it seems to be working fine in single player.
GarbageEdgelord 30 Aug, 2022 @ 7:18am 
For me rage is still prevented even if PreventRage=False (with the capitalized letter) I copied them over from your description and double checked. The Gnash attack set to True works though.
Shinygati  [author] 7 Aug, 2022 @ 2:51pm 
@Donker try to use capitalised letters, it works fine on my servers so you've likely made a mistake in the config.
Ian. 7 Aug, 2022 @ 1:19pm 
The gnash attack still not working even tho i put the configs correctly proved by how the rage meter are gone. ive tried C and others key doesnt seems to find a solutions. I'll appreciate the responses for this
salamander 13 Jul, 2022 @ 7:29am 
is this compatible with KBD?
Shinygati  [author] 4 Jul, 2022 @ 1:40am 
@Werwolf Make sure that you're using a capitalised letter when setting it to true, i'll have to fix that in the future but that's likely why it's not working since it's been fine on my servers, or if you changed the keybinding it could be a different key that you have to press.
WolvesofZiu 3 Jul, 2022 @ 11:08pm 
The gnash attack is not working with the C control. We have gnash set to true but the attack wont happen.
ByMonox 19 Jun, 2022 @ 11:08am 
Ohh i just tried it and it works,
Tanks
Shinygati  [author] 19 Jun, 2022 @ 10:36am 
@ByMonox You just add that line manually and set it to True.
ByMonox 19 Jun, 2022 @ 10:23am 
Hello
I just wanted to ask how I can enable that I can use the Giga for Bossfights, because I can't find this setting AllowedBossDino=False
Shinygati  [author] 12 Jun, 2022 @ 11:47pm 
@flashotaku you need to cryo or upload the giga first for it to work.
flashotaku 12 Jun, 2022 @ 11:09am 
does this have to be first in line because it does´nt appear to be working?
sashahellsing 3 Jun, 2022 @ 7:23pm 
il do a few more tests. i dont remember it eating anything but il look
Firella 3 Jun, 2022 @ 4:17am 
How's the update going? Will this be applied to the Improved Vanilla Creatures mod too?
Shinygati  [author] 3 Jun, 2022 @ 1:16am 
Also if the giga happens to eat a player or wild dino that will also replenish it's health.
Shinygati  [author] 3 Jun, 2022 @ 1:14am 
@sashahellsing That is very bizarre, my mod doesn't touch their health so I can't see how my mod could be causing that, have you tried removing it to see if it still occurs?
sashahellsing 2 Jun, 2022 @ 9:55pm 
is it normal after putting this on my server ppl cant kill the wild gigas ? like im in admin mode looking at its health ppl manage to get it down to like 1/4 hp and it just randomly goes back to 100% we have tested it 4 times and it did it 4 times
Firella 23 Apr, 2022 @ 10:27am 
I look forward to seeing if it works
Shinygati  [author] 23 Apr, 2022 @ 6:02am 
@Firella I'll have an update pushed out soon, but i'm not sure if it will help with your problem.
Shinygati  [author] 23 Apr, 2022 @ 5:49am 
@Firella You seem to have quite a few mods affecting your giga's which is likely why it's not working, it seems to work fine on my server and on the dev kit.
Firella 23 Apr, 2022 @ 5:38am 
Trapped and released all our gigas. Here is a picture of 3 different gigas and their buffs. One shiny tek, one vanilla and one vanilla shiny. https://imgur.com/a/6FdQh0H
Shinygati  [author] 23 Apr, 2022 @ 5:11am 
@Firella Have you tried to cryo the giga's? to me it sounds like the buff is not active on them, if so try looking at the giga as an admin and use the command "Cheat ListMyTargetBuffs" without quotes and show me what the console command says.
Firella 23 Apr, 2022 @ 4:47am 
Tried that too but did not help.
Shinygati  [author] 23 Apr, 2022 @ 3:55am 
@Firella Interesting, it should be working as i've had it working fine on servers, maybe try making sure the =True has a capital instead of all lowercase.
Firella 23 Apr, 2022 @ 1:26am 
The configs are not working for us. This is what we put inside of GameUserSettings.ini:

[BetterVanillaGigas]
GnashAttack=true
AllowedBossDino=true
GnashCooldown=12

We still can't take the gigas to boss fights and the Gnash Attack does not work.
Firella 22 Mar, 2022 @ 12:24pm 
Could you add an ini option to re-enable the rage function?
Shinygati  [author] 5 Feb, 2022 @ 11:05am 
@Röder I am unable to reproduce this, yuty scream doesn't do anything to the giga, perhaps you have other mods installed that might be causing issues?
DICK PATTERN HUNTSMAN 4 Feb, 2022 @ 7:32am 
usually the giga doesnt get affected by the yutyrannus scream but now it does. can you maybe fix that?
aeager123 29 Jan, 2022 @ 7:04am 
Can you explain to me how to enable the gnash attack?
Shinygati  [author] 19 Jan, 2022 @ 7:00am 
A new update has just been pushed out, giga's allowed into boss fights as well as the gnash attack has been disabled by default, please refer to the mod description to enable these.