ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Dino Bars
Shynx 6 Nov, 2019 @ 2:40pm
View Distance keeps resetting to different values
I'd like the distance to stick on the maximum value of 10000. However, while traveling around it keeps resetting to different values. sometimes 8000, sometimes 6000, most of the time to 200 though.

Is there anything i can do to fix this?
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Jolinah  [developer] 7 Nov, 2019 @ 11:45am 
That's very strange.. I will test if it also occurs on my computer.
Shynx 7 Nov, 2019 @ 12:09pm 
might be worth mentioning that it happens to everybody on the server. let me know if you need more information about configuration or other mods running (although all of them are clean and stackable)
Jolinah  [developer] 7 Nov, 2019 @ 2:10pm 
The only thing I have noticed is a problem with localization (number formatting). If you enter a value manually into the distance text box, it may not be parsed correctly. 10000 should be fine, while 10,000 or 10'000 etc. depending on the number format may not work. What should always work, is to move the slider to the maximum instead of entering values manually.

However, you have said "while traveling", so I guess it is another problem. Do you mean traveling within the same world, or when changing worlds / teleporting etc.?

Maybe it helps if you rename (as a backup) or delete the Dino Bars "save game" to reset all values to default and then try again. The file is located at: Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame/Saved/SaveGames/DinoBars.sav
Shynx 7 Nov, 2019 @ 4:22pm 
Originally posted by Jolinah:
you mean traveling within the same world, or when changing worlds / teleporting etc.?
i just meant travling the world, no teleporting or traversing arks.

I haven't been able to reliably reproduce the issue, but it feels like the more dinos i encounter, the fast it resets back to 200.

i never typed a value into the field, just dragged the slider to the maximum. so i don't think there is a comma/dot parsing problem.

i'll try deleting the sav file, and if that doesn't work i'll also try removing write access to the file. thanks for the quick help btw.
Shynx 9 Nov, 2019 @ 4:54am 
Problem persists
Jolinah  [developer] 14 Nov, 2019 @ 11:33am 
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to reproduce it yet.

Do you play with a controller or with keyboard and mouse? I have noticed that when the controller is active, the first input control that gets the focus is actually the distance slider. Maybe the settings dialog does not close properly and is still somehow active in the background. So, when moving around or rotating the camera it could modify the distance value.

However, I have tested this with my PS4 controller and moving the sticks only modified the distance value while the settings dialog was open.
Shynx 14 Nov, 2019 @ 2:56pm 
no controller. it also doesn't happen straight after setting the distance. it sometimes takes half an hour of active play before it happens. i tab out a lot (by pressing the windows key), maybe that is a factor?
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