ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Zelos
wowegoo  [developer] 17 Jul, 2023 @ 2:30pm
Zelos Update #17 - 07/16/2023
**Zelos Update #17 - 07/16/2023**

'Biome-related changes and additions'

Almost completed Swamp biome.
Reduced very loud waterfall sounds in swamp.
Repainted underwater landscape in grassland.
Updated Missing desert mesh.
Removed floating foliage from grassland.
Relinked all rainforest flower materials.
Updated Aurora material.

'Bug fixes and improvements'

Increased render distance of large grassland waterfall and other meshes.
Fixed collision in grassland cave meshes.
Fixed hole in grassland cave wall.
Increased render distance of full grassland cave.
Fixed land dinos spawning in water outside Ice area at ocean.
Fixed ocean underside material.
Fixed super heat perma buff. Had to create custom heat buff that casts to the Zelos day cycle, not the SE one.
Cut super heat length in half.
Super cold now gives a visual icon.
If temperature drops below freezing and it rains, rain will now automatically turn to snow in any biome.
Fix baby phoenix spawn.
Fixed rock drake nests.
Fixed lunar buff. Recreated most Gen1 biome buffs and linked Zelos day cycle.
Fix collision to 4 meshes in lava area.

'New additions and expansions'

Added ambient sounds to grassland and rainforest.
Added heatwave post-process to desert.
Added Zelos Scroll collectable. Scrolls not yet in map.
Copied Ice Wyvern and fixed Ice Wyvern Spawns.
Added ocean visuals.
Added 10 out of 11 base Artifacts. Last next update.
Added the 4 AB artifacts and 3 EXT artifacts.
Added 3 SE artifacts.
Move all beehive locations so they are not mostly under the map.
Added 56 Rock avalanches to the lava area.
Added 32 Oil Vents to the lava area.
Added penguins outside ice area in the ocean.
Added Griffins back to the map.
Added volcano with effects (Work in progress).
Added Magmasaur egg locations.
Extended lava zone. (Large Work in progress).
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wowegoo  [developer] 8 Aug, 2023 @ 4:03am 
**Zelos Update #18 - 08/08/2023**

Revamped weather system, 3 ascension options, and new forest biome with tons of customized foliage and babies, eggs, attacks??.

'Biome: New Forest'

New Forest biome 99% complete.
Moved all the sandworms to the desert.
Added all Gen1 variant dinos.
Dinos are colored based on biome.

'Weather'

Weather completely redone.
Swarms moved to swamp biome only.
Rain, snow, and hail can occur anywhere depending on temperature.
Hail and volcanic strike damage is random in extreme hot and extreme cold conditions. Watch out. (This will continue to be a both beatiful and difficult map.)
Lightning storms now active, impacting players and structures similar to Scorched Earth.
Most weather effects moved to buffs and are more efficient on PC. Almost no more per frame ticks.

'Fixed'

Fixed some mesh collision in City and Snow area.
Fixed ice wyvern spawn.
Fixed queen bee spawner, now in the mountains.
Fixed two holes in the swamp caves.
Fixed Manticore boss teleports and ascension.
Fixed Super Cold not going away.
Fixed floating grassland foliage.
Fixed a lot of supply drop locations.

Added:

Added 1 missing base Artifact.
Added AB Rockwell modified arena with teleports and ascension.
Added OSD x1 (Orbital Supply Drop) for Legendary difficulty.
Added ice ascension cave with 3 difficulties and related functionality. Cave still needs work.
Added 3 Zelos scroll collectibles for testing.
Added built-in map teleportation, spawn points need updating.
Added baby dinos and nests with Nest levels for rewards and challenges.
Killing the Manticore boss grants a 1 of 40 random world buff each time.

Other:

Set up cave functionality, streaming, fog, post process for ice ascension cave.
x3 ascension possible with Overseer, Manticore, and AB Rockwell.
3 Zelos scroll collectibles added for testing only.
Each player now has Nest level buff that upgrades and downgrades based on success.
Last edited by wowegoo; 8 Aug, 2023 @ 4:04am
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