ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Cage Structures: Back to the Roots
83 Comments
Starlord 21 Jun, 2024 @ 6:49pm 
Asa?
GUS_CHIGGINZ 29 Apr, 2022 @ 11:11pm 
would you be willing to open source this? :)
2yysforu 17 Aug, 2021 @ 3:28am 
Thank you for the quick reply @luke .
luke  [author] 16 Aug, 2021 @ 2:46pm 
@2yysforu It probably still works, but I would recomend the new version of this mod because it contains more stuff: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=894590705 . I am not modding any more but play it occasionally.
2yysforu 16 Aug, 2021 @ 4:53am 
Does anyone know if this mod is still working?
a_h_tst 8 Feb, 2018 @ 10:30am 
good mod
luke  [author] 30 Mar, 2017 @ 8:45am 
The new version of this mod ist out now: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=894590705 . As written before, this has to many changes for safe updating, so it comes as a new mod. There shouldn't be a problem in running both mods at the same time if you dont want to lose the structures already build.
ergomantra 23 Mar, 2017 @ 7:50am 
@luke and dont forget the bone necklace as a top man xD
luke  [author] 23 Mar, 2017 @ 7:00am 
@ergomantra love to add leather undies, sadly my last try of customizing armor didn't went well. but i'm on it
ergomantra 23 Mar, 2017 @ 3:13am 
how was this mod not chosen?! now we need leather undies xD
luke  [author] 16 Mar, 2017 @ 7:15am 
Update News:
I am currently working on a new version of the mod, in fact I rebuild the mod from scratch. I choose a different approach on how the placement works and I used different collision boxes. This grants better compability with vanilla structures, fixes some problems with the palisade and hopefully improves the performace a little. For the sake of realism the structures will be divided in the categories "Wood" and "Bone" (same as stone). For the bone structures there will be a new resource, the Bone Meal.
Because of those core changes it will not be released as an update of this mod, but as a new mod. That way the existing bases are safe.
Ihmislehma 5 Mar, 2017 @ 4:59pm 
What sutructres do these count as (thatch, wooden, so forth)? Would be nice to know in advance what creatures can trample my fencing down.
Also, keep up the good work!
luke  [author] 3 Mar, 2017 @ 1:58pm 
@Shire No clue, sorry. I never configured a server. Anyone else here has an idea?
Shire 3 Mar, 2017 @ 6:11am 
Do you know by chance how to make the auto mod updater to work?
Shire 3 Mar, 2017 @ 6:08am 
I copied the files on my server and it make the server crah
luke  [author] 2 Mar, 2017 @ 7:22am 
@Shire Last time I checked it worked. Any reason it should not?
luke  [author] 2 Mar, 2017 @ 7:21am 
@Assasin Hunter(Leon) Freut mich, dass die Mod auch im deutschsprachigen Raum Beachtung findet :-)
Shire 1 Mar, 2017 @ 10:46am 
Does this mod work for u
Crackmonkey2110 24 Feb, 2017 @ 8:38am 
Wirklich coole Mod das desing ist mega geil./Wery cool Mod the desing ist very good
atahalie 16 Feb, 2017 @ 12:19am 
Hi. We run your mods on our french RPVP server. We open to public next week. We were just wondering if you will make the air gates dinos? And maybe smalls cages for rafts and boats?
angelleorin 7 Feb, 2017 @ 1:15pm 
I turned my shadows down to medium and it dropped the FPS slowdown considerably for me. 32 gb ram, gtx 970.
Silhouette 30 Jan, 2017 @ 12:29pm 
You are on it! Thanks for the quick reply, Luke.
luke  [author] 30 Jan, 2017 @ 11:59am 
@Silhouette I think I already changed the stats of the taming pen in the editor, but I haven't uploaded it. And there will be another version of the palisade wall to bring more variety. Also added a suggestion box :)
Silhouette 30 Jan, 2017 @ 11:23am 
I didn't see a suggestion discussion so here's what I've come up with after toying with this mod: the taming pen is a brilliant idea. Quick, light, portable. Could be a mod in and of itself. Though it has the same hit points as a palisade, right? Kinda strange. The taming pen could be balanced by retaining damage after pickup or having durability like an SE tent. I say this because my server has taken to using them exclusively as quick walls even for bases and I assume that isn't the intended purpose. My only other gripe is about the aforementioned palisade wall: the dinosaur skull quickly makes the palisade visually repetitive. Love the mod. Keep up the good work!
Highway 24 Jan, 2017 @ 4:29am 
Great work, love the styling :)
TheMightySaurus 22 Jan, 2017 @ 10:41am 
maybe we can get a behemoth gate version with enlarged bronto legs?
Lilifee 21 Jan, 2017 @ 3:18am 
yeah great work. i like this primitive style. it give not many mods there like primitive. medieval is not primitive ^^ and what is in ark medieval ^^ need more primitive mods like far cry primal. take time and make this mod great again. then we use this.
luke  [author] 21 Jan, 2017 @ 3:15am 
@maverick.fireblade and
@magixx ツ The palisade was the structure I started with and I learned some stuff since then and got some hints thanks to the feedback. The palisades hitbox isn't perfect and it would be nice to be able to place it straight on the ground. On the other hand: I don't want to change so much that existing bases collaps because of an update, so I may just add a new and hopefully better one. I sadly don't have much time to mod during the next weeks but I will notice everything that's written.
Lilifee 21 Jan, 2017 @ 2:15am 
Hello...
pls fix:
When i place a celling on the pallisate (biger wall) and shoot from it. Down to player or dinos i hit it. But no dmg numbers. Hitbox and the player/dino get no dmg.
rjwaters 20 Jan, 2017 @ 11:21pm 
also noting the update of FPS drop maybe being fixable with lowering settings, my settings are at the minimum they cant ~go~ any lower
el_mega_7 20 Jan, 2017 @ 11:14am 
sencillamente maravilloso :D
El mejor mod asta la fecha
maverick.fireblade 19 Jan, 2017 @ 11:35pm 
@luke Very beautiful structures! Realistic, compatible, lore friendly, all around terrific! With the exception of the dino gate fitting a bit wonky on some walls (due to the curve of the bones and straightness of the walls) and I could not get the walls to set down straight on the ground? i needed some form of foundation which seems unnecessary.
SMKNGTO 18 Jan, 2017 @ 2:01pm 
Great looking mod but yea FPS drop bad around it. Away from it i hold 42 to 65 fps around it it drops to 12 to 8 fps :steamfacepalm:
maverick.fireblade 18 Jan, 2017 @ 12:21am 
Holy Balls! I am a super noob (only 120 hours or so) and this is what this game has been desperately lacking!!
Cacharadon 16 Jan, 2017 @ 8:27pm 
Thanks luke, you da bomb
luke  [author] 16 Jan, 2017 @ 2:59am 
@Cacharadon and
@rjwaters Thanks for the feedback! I did not build big bases completly out of the cage structures but I combined it with adobe/stone/wood. So I did not experience that kind of fps drops. The structures have bigger meshes, textures and more complex collision boxes than the original stone structures for example. I think the problem here are the meshes (the 3D objects), I can look for a way to resize them.
Cacharadon 15 Jan, 2017 @ 10:11pm 
The weird thing is this happened after I replaced my wood + stone boundary walls with the bone tier. The earlier iteration of my boundary had more pieces and was taller than the bone iteration but it didnt cause any problems with fps. After installing the bone structures, my frames are consistently dipping under 10 when I have any section of the bone walls in my screen. When not looking at bone structures I get consistent 40 fps. I'm wondering if this has something to do with the enviornment being rendered behind the bone walls. If the mod author used the greenhouse walls (for their transparency) and reskinned them to look like bone structures, he might have unintentionally left some of the refraction effects and other mumbo jumbo from the ark code still on the walls. I just want to know if this is reproducible by someone else, only reason I noticed it was because I replaced a pre existing structure with the bone stuff before my frames started tanking.
rjwaters 15 Jan, 2017 @ 4:27pm 
unfortunately with any reasonable building project they cause MASSIVE fps drop (i had less than 40down and my framerate went from an average 60-70 to an average 20) good concept insanely laggy in practice
Cacharadon 13 Jan, 2017 @ 10:28pm 
Is anyone else getting fps drops when looking at structures made out of the bone tier?
SavageCaliber 13 Jan, 2017 @ 6:26pm 
Server Name:SkyArk-PVP/RolePlay/50xp/15gather/50taming/EventsOnSat!
ServerIP: 167.114.209.99:27054
Server Info:
Map: TheVolcano
Difficulty: 5.0
Maximum player level: 218
Wild dino max level: 550 avrege dinos 1080 speacial creatures from Extinction Core (Max Tamed is 1500.)
50x XP
25x Gathering
50x Taming
50x Egg hatch speed
50x Baby mature speed
Dinos Can breed every Hour
Crop growth speed Multiplied
Longer days & shorter nights
Unlock all engrams at max level
Stats for dinos & players multiplied
Structure limit on saddles/rafts Quadrupled.
ACTIVE STAFF!
Dinosaur spawns adjusted
Gamma enabled
MAIN MOD EXTINCTION CORE.
PVP anytime must anounce your self first to give a chance to surrender first.
Weekly Server Events !
SERVER EVENTS EVERY SATURDAY!
AVATAR ARK BASED RP!!

MODS:Mod Collection Can Be Found At: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=771964727

DISCORD SERVER INVITE : https://discord.gg/WkhfXA5
MaaX 9 Jan, 2017 @ 9:11am 
UK Friendly PVPVE Tunguska 20xAll\7xDiff [MODS]

Smooth server, active admin, always updated and online!

Max Player/Dino Level - 300

Map: Tunguska

MODS:

Scorched Earth [Tabula Rasa]

Cage Structures [Back to the Roots]

Tamable Gorillas

Ultra Stacks

Structures Plus

Uber Crafter

Aviary Structures

Teleport Pad

Kai's Flyer Perches
luke  [author] 8 Jan, 2017 @ 9:19am 
@DrakonIII I have not figured out how to add the timer for the pick up. Without that timer you easily pick up a bearing wall by accident and crash stuff.
luke  [author] 8 Jan, 2017 @ 9:10am 
I deleted all the Bob chainmails for a better overview. Feel free to post any further Bobs in the corresponding discussion thread.
Drak The Man 7 Jan, 2017 @ 1:53pm 
Any chance you could you make all the structures pickup-able? Thanks!
Narwhalcat 7 Jan, 2017 @ 7:42am 
@Elayham one of the truest statements i've seen in a very long time. I've actually never seen anybody say this before. We need more people like you.
Elayham 7 Jan, 2017 @ 7:26am 
@ Luke... It's nothing more than chain spam, like send this to 20 people or god will hate you... Like and share this page and Facebook will pay you...*Insert photo of random person with a lotto ticket* Like and share this and if I win I will split with you... It's just noise and it prevents people from actually reading real comments about this mod. :steamfacepalm:
luke  [author] 7 Jan, 2017 @ 4:26am 
@#Bryson Thanks for the spotlight! Added it to the videos.
luke  [author] 7 Jan, 2017 @ 1:58am 
@Elayham What is this Bob about? Steam owes me any money?
Elayham 6 Jan, 2017 @ 9:23pm 
All this Bob spam needs to go. How gullible are you people? Steam isn't giving you anything for spamming a chain comment.