Thursday, October 26, 2017

Back By Popular Demand

Hello all!

A few of you have shown interest in having a few mods back on the server. I have complied and have brought back the following mods:

  • Conquer the Seas
  • Advanced Rafts
  • Castles, Keeps and Forts Medieval Architecture
These mods are a little large in size and may extend your game load times by a little bit.

Enjoy!

Friday, October 20, 2017

New Server...YAY!

Hello all!

Just wanted to let you all know that my server host has moved/created my server on a new box. They have put me on the same box as a friend, Falandir, who has multiple ARK servers and have included my server in his cluster.

What this means for you all is that you now have a variety of maps to play on. You will be able to transfer your character from my server to any of his and then bring them back when you are ready. Or you can create a character on any of his servers and bring them to mine whenever you want.

The easiest way for you all to gain access to his servers will be to go to your Steam Server List in your Steam app. Click View at the top of Steam app, then click Servers in dropdown, then click on Favorites tab in new window that opens up. Click 'Add A Server' button on bottom right corner of window. You will then need to add the following IP Addresses (one at a time of course) to instantly have all of our servers in your Favorites list within ARK.

My new server - 181.214.149.43:27415
Fal's Volcano -  181.214.149.42:27215
Fal's Scorched Earth - 181.214.149.41:27115
Fal's Ragnarok - 181.214.149.41:27215
Fal's Center (soon to be Abberation) - 181.214.149.43:27215

After you enter the IP address just click the 'Add This Address To Favorites' button. And *voila*, the server will be in your Favorites List when you log into ARK. Do this for all servers or just mine. Whichever one(s) you think you'll play on.

My server will still have all of the same settings as before, as well as the same mods. I am switching out a few mods for others of the same type that seem to perform better...namely StackMeMore will become HG Stacking Mod 5000-90 v271, and Kibble Table will become Bitouk's Kibble: Craft Station. I've also removed the Meat Spoiler mod since I know many of you do not like the music from it. Spoiling Bin mod (which I installed a week or so ago) will remain.

Please give me a few more hours to reinstall all the mods, and adjust all the config file settings for my new server.

Thank you all for your patience!! 

Sorry, but I have to do it...

Hello all!

I apologize in advance, but I have to do a full wipe on the server. I have server down now and will post here, and in Discord, when the server is back up.

I will be extending the Halloween contest by a week. I know we will all be starting back at level 1, but thankfully the Halloween decorations don't take many resources to make. We can decorate as we build new bases. I'll also help you all out with resources if you want/need.

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Trying to resolve server issues...

Hey all!

Just wanted to let you all know that I am doing what I can to resolve the 'timedout' disconnect issues. I've noticed something wonky in my server's log files and have submitted a support ticket with my server host. Hopefully it won't take long to get my server back to a stable state. Sorry for all the troubles and disconnects everyone.

Monday, October 9, 2017

Halloween Building/Decorating Contest

First off, thank you Delfina, S+mitch and DoldaSlow for attending 'Turtle Trek'! It was a lot of fun. And congratulations Dolda on winning the race and claiming your max level Unicorn!!

For our second event, we are having a Halloween building/decorating contest! You will have the remainder of the month to show me what you've got in building/decorating skills.

The rules of this contest are simple. You can decorate your base/buildings that you currently have or build something completely new and decorate it. That's it! Nice and easy-peasy rules.

Now, you may be asking yourself, "How in the world am I going to decorate for Halloween?". The answer is, "by using items from 'Randi's Halloween Mod'!". (Thank you S+mitch for alerting me to this mod)

The contest begins today (sorry for the short notice) and ends at 10:00pm EST on October 31st. I will then look over your buildings/decorations and choose a winner by 12:00am (midnight) EST. The prizes are as follows:
  • 1st Place - max level DodoRex & 350 Element
  • 2nd Place - 250 Element
  • 3rd Place - 150 Element
  • All other participants - 25 Element
 You do not need to be online at the close of the contest to win. I do ask, however, that you please make, and place down, a mailbox at your base before then so that I may contact you to make arrangements to get you prizes you may have won.

Also, if you don't think you'll be online at the close of the contest, please send me an in game letter (by using the mailbox mod) with the location/coordinates of your contest entry/building before the contest ends. I would hate to miss out on seeing anyone's entry/building. If you do not have a GPS to send me exact coordinates, just get as close as you can by using the map. Send coordinates in "Latitude then Longitude" format please.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here, at our Discord channel or in game.