ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

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Kineko  [developer] 11 Aug, 2019 @ 4:54am
How to use the K+ Valet
The function of the K+ Valet is to assist with re-organizing your dinosaurs when they are out of their saved locations.

All dinosaur position information is stored within the K+ Valet. If you pick up the structure, all settings will be lost / cleared.

The K+ Valet can be constructed at the K+ Crafting Station.

The K+ Valet should be placed in a fairly central location. The range is determined by the admin setting Valet_DinoMaxMoveInFoundations and has a default of 25 foundations.
Last edited by Kineko; 11 Aug, 2019 @ 4:56am
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Kineko  [developer] 11 Aug, 2019 @ 5:01am 
To use the K+ Valet, either open its inventory and click the "Manage Dinos" button or select "Manage Dinos" from the radial dial.

The two main function buttons at the top are "Manage Dinos" and "Move or Retrieve". Due to a bug I have yet to figure out, sometimes the dinos do not show up as expected. Simply click the main function button again and they will re-appear.

Under the two main function buttons are the sub-function buttons. On the left is the sort order and on the right is the selection button. Use these to control which dinos appear in each main function button and in what order.

In the upper right corner is a filter box you can use to filter the results further to find a specific class or named dino. Under the filter box is a navigation box to scroll thru the results if there are a lot of dinos being managed.
Last edited by Kineko; 11 Aug, 2019 @ 5:10am
Kineko  [developer] 11 Aug, 2019 @ 5:03am 
Adding a new dino to the K+ Valet

1. Open the K+ Valet
2. Select the function Manage Dinos
3. Select the sub-function Show Unmanaged
. . . The button will say "Show Managed" when this option is selected
4. Click the Add button
. . . The distance shown is how far the dino is from the K+ Valet

Removing a dino from the K+ Valet

1. Open the K+ Valet
2. Select the function Manage Dinos
3. Select the sub-function Show Managed
4. Click the Remove button

How to exit the K+ Valet

Click the exit button (it is the entire title bar)
Last edited by Kineko; 11 Aug, 2019 @ 5:08am
Kineko  [developer] 11 Aug, 2019 @ 5:17am 
Dino management modes

1. Open the K+ Valet
2. Select the function Manage Dinos
3. Select the sub-function Show Managed

The name and class of each dino will be shown in the left column. This column can be sorted by using the sort button above to sort by Class (and then name) or Name (and then class).

Filtering can be done by entering part of the name or class in the upper right corner filter box. Note that this is filtering the entire field, so you could also filter by dino level as well. Click the X to the right to clear the filter.

The Action column allows you to remove dinos from management.

The Mode column determines how the K+ Valet works with the dino.

Automatic Mode

Automatic mode means that if the K+ Valet is activated, it will automatically move the dino back into position if it moves at least 1.0 foundations away from its saved location. The admin setting Valet_ScanFrequencyInSeconds determines how often this happens.

You must supply the K+ Valet with fuel (Beer) for this to work.

Limit Range

This mode allows dinos to wander around and collect resources or patrol. However, if the dino moves more than Valet_DinoMaxMoveInFoundations away from its saved location, it will be moved back to its saved location on the next scan.

Manual

This mode allows you to save a dinos location in the K+ Valet but it will not try to move the dino back into position unless you manually tell it to (discussed later).

The distance column indicates how far from the dinos saved location it currently is. This is updated in real time to show movement.
Last edited by Kineko; 11 Aug, 2019 @ 5:24am
Kineko  [developer] 11 Aug, 2019 @ 5:27am 
Manually moving dinos

You can still fix dino positions without fuel using the K+ Valet. Provided that their positions were previously saved in the K+ Valet, you can manually move dinos back into position.

1. Open the K+ Valet
2. Select the function Move or Retrieve

You can use the sub-function button to either Show All managed dinos or only Show Manual dinos.

The distance column will show how far the dino is from its saved location. It will appear green if it is in or close to its position (within 1.0 foundations). It will appear yellow if it is out of position but still within range of the K+ Valet (as defined by the server settings) and it will appear red if it is beyond the K+ Valet's range.

Click the Move button to queue up the dino to be moved. The K+ Valet has a movement queue, so adding a lot of dinos quickly will result in a delay, based on server settings. But the request will be performed in order.

Note that it may take more than one pass to get them exactly lined up as some dinos move after being teleported and may end up out of position slightly. This can often happen when they are flying.
Last edited by Kineko; 11 Aug, 2019 @ 5:36am
Talavar 7 Aug, 2020 @ 10:09am 
Heya Kineko, I'm a little unclear on the settings for Valet.
Edit -
NVM; For those wondering, I found all INI settings in "Discussions"
Last edited by Talavar; 7 Aug, 2020 @ 12:25pm
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