ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

KoZ Dinos - An Adventure in Mod Integration
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Kozenomenon  [developer] 22 Jun, 2020 @ 9:32pm
Dino Details
Beast of Burden
A customized trike that has 3 different stats to choose from for each level-up. Each stat reduces weight for certain items and has an associated color so the change can be visual on the dino. It is using a modified version of the aberrant trike material instance and applying the color dynamically based on how many levels are applied to each stat.
  • Tree Hauling - reduces weight for wood - green color
  • Rock Hauling - reduces weight for stone - blue color
  • Gear Hauling - reduces weight for armor/weapons/ammo - red color
This dino will have a 20% chance of replacing trike spawns on any map that spawns trikes.
To spawn manually:
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/KozDino/Dinos/BurdenBeast_Character_BP.BurdenBeast_Character_BP'" 2500 0 0 35

Mindwipe Integration - Add Config
If Mindwipe My Dino mod is also running then this mod will use the ModCommAutoRegister process to register with it and then send the configuration for Beast of Burden's special level fields. By doing this, Mindwipe My Dino is able to handle for these custom fields during the mindwipe and they get reset along with the tamed levels.
The images on mod page illustrate this by first applying levels to Tree Hauling, then using the Dino Mindwipe Tonic, and then applying levels to Gear Hauling.

Lucky Dodo
Custom dodo that will have 20% chance to replace dodo spawns for any map that has dodos. Lucky Dodos on spawn randomly select 3-6 of their stats as 'lucky stats'. The stats that are lucky are used to change the dodos color regions so there is some visual indication of which stats are lucky. Lucky Stats, when given a level-up point, have a chance to spawn a Lucky Prize Egg. The chance for getting Lucky Prize Egg increases exponentially on each failed roll- by the 4th roll it is an almost certainty to get one.
Lucky Stats Colors:
  • Health - Red / ColorID 1
  • Stamina - Blue / ColorID 2
  • Oxygen - Green / ColorID 3
  • Food = Yellow / ColorID 4
  • Weight - Cyan / ColorID 5
  • Melee Dmg - Magenta / ColorID 6
  • Speed - White / ColorID 18
Colors are applied to region in order of their random selection starting with region 1. If 6 stats are lucky then the final selection is applied to region 0.

Lucky Prize Eggs give a prize item when the egg is consumed. Prizes will range from resources, ammo, gear (w/ random % for higher quality), or a random fertilized dino egg. Mutater Rex's Fertilized Egg has been added as a potential prize. This is the only way to get a Mutater Rex as it does not replace any spawns by default.
To spawn manually:
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/KozDino/Dinos/LuckyLeveller_Character_BP.LuckyLeveller_Character_BP'" 2500 0 0 35

Mindwipe Integration - Add Callback
Lucky Dodo overrides the mindwipe functionality from Mindwipe My Dino. Each mindwipe reduces the dodo's Luck exponentially. This impacts the % chance to get a Lucky Prize Egg as well as item quality and the stack size of resources/ammo.

Mutater Rex
A custom rex that will randomly gain mutations when it is given level-up points. Aside from noting the stat changes as they occur, you can view the extra mutations info via a radial wheel option.

Mutater Rex does not spawn normally and instead its fertilized egg is one of the possible prizes from Lucky Dodo.
To spawn manually:
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/KozDino/Dinos/MutaterRex_Character_BP.MutaterRex_Character_BP'" 2500 0 0 35

Mindwipe Integration - Blocked
Mutater Rex blocks the use of Mindwipe My Dino since repeated re-leveling would lead to further mutations. The Dino Mindwipe Tonic will indicate that Mutater Rex is not allowed to use mindwipe on this Ark.


NottaGacha
A Gacha that is not a Gacha. Created to demo integration with Upgrade My Dino mod's Gacha HUD and other Gacha features. NottaGacha implements all of UMD's Gacha integration features except the FoodFix- because NottaGacha handles its own custom food settings.
NottaGacha will rare spawn in place of Gachas on the map. It has a 5% chance of replacing a Gacha spawn. It will look different than normal Gacha and has modified loot sets, resource selections, unique emotional demeanor range, and some other smaller tweaks.

To spawn manually:
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/KozDino/Dinos/NottaGacha_Character_BP.NottaGacha_Character_BP'" 2500 0 0 35

Mindwipe Integration - Add Callback
NottaGacha implements mindwipe callback without overriding the functionality. What it does is additive to what MMD does. After mindwipe, NottaGacha tracks how many mindwipes have occurred and then rerolls its emotional demeanor as well as its crystals and resource productions. The change is immediate and permanent.
Last edited by Kozenomenon; 28 Dec, 2020 @ 12:21am