Sweeet!

Do these need to be placed under anything specific? [script/modstuff etc]?

Originally posted by Karendrae:

Sweeet!

Do these need to be placed under anything specific? [script/modstuff etc]?

Nope! Anywhere under the default [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] will work.

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So forgive me if this needs to go somewhere else. But found your article and tried to use it to restrict basilisk, reaper, and rock drake spawns. Want the reapers/basilisk to spawn scarcely in the Dunes and then Rock drakes to spawn somewhere else in the desert biome.

Added the following to my game.ini

DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Xenomorph",SpawnWeightMultiplier=.005,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=.0001)

DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="RockDrake",SpawnWeightMultiplier=.20,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=6)

DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Basilisk",SpawnWeightMultiplier=.3,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=4)

ConfigSubtractNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SE_DinoSpawnEntriesDunes",NPCSpawnEntries=((NPCsToSpawnStrings=(""Xenomorph_Character_BP_Male_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Xenomorph_Character_BP_Male_C")))

ConfigSubtractNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SE_DinoSpawnEntriesDunes",NPCSpawnEntries=((NPCsToSpawnStrings=(""Xenomorph_Character_BP_Female_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Xenomorph_Character_BP_Female_C")))

ConfigSubtractNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SE_DinoSpawnEntriesDunes",NPCSpawnEntries=((NPCsToSpawnStrings=(""Basilisk_Character_BP_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Basilisk_Character_BP_C")))
(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SE_DinoSpawnEntriesGreenDesert",NPCSpawnEntries=((NPCsToSpawnStrings=("RockDrake_Character_BP_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="RockDrake_Character_BP_C")))

Not sure if working properly or not, as I am quite new to this portion of editing servers.

Originally posted by Charr:

So forgive me if this needs to go somewhere else. But found your article and tried to use it to restrict basilisk, reaper, and rock drake spawns. Want the reapers/basilisk to spawn scarcely in the Dunes and then Rock drakes to spawn somewhere else in the desert biome.

Added the following to my game.ini

DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Xenomorph",SpawnWeightMultiplier=.005,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=.0001)

DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="RockDrake",SpawnWeightMultiplier=.20,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=6)

DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(DinoNameTag="Basilisk",SpawnWeightMultiplier=.3,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=True,SpawnLimitPercentage=4)

ConfigSubtractNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SE_DinoSpawnEntriesDunes",NPCSpawnEntries=((NPCsToSpawnStrings=(""Xenomorph_Character_BP_Male_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Xenomorph_Character_BP_Male_C")))

ConfigSubtractNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SE_DinoSpawnEntriesDunes",NPCSpawnEntries=((NPCsToSpawnStrings=(""Xenomorph_Character_BP_Female_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Xenomorph_Character_BP_Female_C")))

ConfigSubtractNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SE_DinoSpawnEntriesDunes",NPCSpawnEntries=((NPCsToSpawnStrings=(""Basilisk_Character_BP_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Basilisk_Character_BP_C")))
(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SE_DinoSpawnEntriesGreenDesert",NPCSpawnEntries=((NPCsToSpawnStrings=("RockDrake_Character_BP_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="RockDrake_Character_BP_C")))

Not sure if working properly or not, as I am quite new to this portion of editing servers.

Yup! Spawn weights look correct.

However if I'm understanding what you want correctly, you'd want ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer rather than subtract, so that they're added to those spawn regions.
If they're set to spawn by the mod's default anywhere other than those zones, then you'd want to subtract them from the regions you do not wish for them to spawn in.

I test all of the changes I'm going to make to our dedicated server on singleplayer first, setting the DinoCountMultiplier extremely high and using ACM to fly/teleport around and watch the ecosystems I'm tweaking unfold.

Hmm ok. Thank you for the insight. Wish there was a simple way to make them only spawn in a certain region. Also do the Xenomorphs and Nameless go hand in hand? Will Nameless only spawn where I allow Xenos?

Originally posted by Charr:

Hmm ok. Thank you for the insight. Wish there was a simple way to make them only spawn in a certain region. Also do the Xenomorphs and Nameless go hand in hand? Will Nameless only spawn where I allow Xenos?

I agree.. I use Shadlos' Small Dragons mod as well and have like 8 lines just removing them from other zones on the map haha.

Nameless have been a little strange, I've noticed. I've only found them once on my map, and I'm guessing that they must chain spawn one another in some way as I started with one and as I ran away back the way I came (didn't have a glowpet yet to fight them with) they continued to spawn around me, even in front of me.

To answer your question, they are independent of Xenomorphs, but I'm not sure as to their rarity yet. I think they're actually called chupacabras in the character BPs. DinoTag may be different, though.

what is the cavecrab? ive never heard anything called that before

It's the Karkinos. You can look up all the IDs here: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Creature_IDs

ahhhh, i figured it was that but i wasnt sure. your code for the karkinos sets it to rare correct? Also i could use your code for the island or do i have to change it some? im very new to coding lol

And do i add the code to reduce the karkinos spawns to the game or gameusersettings config setting codes?

Originally posted by Arctic:

ahhhh, i figured it was that but i wasnt sure. your code for the karkinos sets it to rare correct? Also i could use your code for the island or do i have to change it some? im very new to coding lol

Hey no worries. It took me quite awhile to sort it out at first too.

The example I gave makes them pretty uncommon.. definitely rarer than the rivers on Aberration. I'm trying to think of a comparison for the island lol.. I guess in the central river by the redwoods I tend to only see 1 or 2 tops with my server settings. If you're familiar with Ragnarok, there's generally only 1 or 2 up in the mountain lake above Viking Bay at any time.

The SpawnWeightMultiplier will work as-is for the Island or any map, as it just references the chance for them to spawn. If you wanted to add or remove them from certain spawn locations, (IE adding them on the beach or something) then you'd want to use some combination of the SpawnEntriesContainer lines and make sure the container is specified for an island spawn region here. (https://ark.gamepedia.com/Spawn_Entries#The_Island)

Originally posted by Arctic:

And do i add the code to reduce the karkinos spawns to the game or gameusersettings config setting codes?

This all goes in the Game.ini. I typically put it all at the top right under the server settings tag when I'm tweaking it just to make it easier to find.

Sweet thank you. For some reason, im in the same exact spot as everyone else when messing with the game coding, but non of my files have the .ini tag in it. which i find weird and i have no idea why it would be like that

Originally posted by Arctic:

Sweet thank you. For some reason, im in the same exact spot as everyone else when messing with the game coding, but non of my files have the .ini tag in it. which i find weird and i have no idea why it would be like that

Do you have file extensions turned on? It's a View option in Windows explorer.

Originally posted by CoyodiSoul:

If they're set to spawn by the mod's default anywhere other than those zones, then you'd want to subtract them from the regions you do not wish for them to spawn in.

I've seen Reapers spawn on the beaches (not fun, with my wooden spear... :P)

Does anyone have a complete server file where the spawns of the more dangerous mobs have been moved to the "higher danger" zones of the ragnarok map by any chance? bonus points if that also moved rexes and carnos from the "recommended" areas :D