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Revision as of 09:15, 30 March 2019
Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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Studio Wildcard | |
ARK: Aberration | Instinct Games[1] |
ARK: Aberration | Efecto Studios[1] |
ARK: Aberration | Virtual Basement[1] |
ARK: Aberration | Abstraction Games[1] |
Publishers | |
Studio Wildcard | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 29, 2017[2] |
macOS (OS X) | August 29, 2017[2] |
Linux | August 29, 2017[2] |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
ARK | |
---|---|
ARK: Survival Evolved | 2017 |
ARK: Survival of the Fittest | 2017 |
ARK Park | 2018 |
PixARK | 2019 |
ARK: Survival Ascended | EA |
ARK II | 2024 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC: Explorer's Edition | |||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Season Pass | Includes the three paid expansion packs. | |
Aberration | Expansion Pack | |
Extinction | Expansion Pack | |
Scorched Earth | Expansion Pack | |
Ragnarok | Free Expansion Map | |
The Center | Free Expansion Map | |
Primitive+ | Free Total Conversion |
Version differences
ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition
- Combines the base game with the season pass (includes the three paid expansion packs).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\[Note 1] |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArksLocal\[Note 1] |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | <path-to-game>/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxNoEditor |
- In single-player mode, Ark will perform an automatic save if it detects an attempt to shut down the application (such as by Alt+F4, or via the task manager or Windows taskbar), in order to prevent players from "dashboarding out" in an attempt to avoid a sudden unfavorable situation in-game.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Set FOV multiplier[3][4] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Local play | Xbox One version only.[5] | ||
LAN play | Co-op, Versus You need a better hardware to host a non-dedicated session |
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Online play | Co-op, Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | [6] | |
Self-hosting | [6] | |
Direct IP |
VR support
Headsets | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
SteamVR | Patch ShooterGame.exe with Revive Compatibility Layer.[7] |
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Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
Windows Mixed Reality | Patch ShooterGame.exe with Revive Compatibility Layer.[7] |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | |||
Keyboard/Mouse |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Issues fixed
Tweaks to raise the frame rate
- The following tweaks can help improve the game's infamously poor performance even on high-end systems.
Frame rate tweaks[8] |
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- The -useallavailablecores command is unnecessary in Windows 10 and may in fact cause extremely poor performance due to the different way in which it handles CPU core management compared to Windows 7.
Issues unresolved
Stuck in Server Browser After Selecting "My Survivors" Filter
Change the server filter type in the config files[9] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 10, 11 | Direct3D 12 coming when UE4 support is stable.[10] |
Shader Model support | 4, 5 | Shader Model 4 support requires launching the game with the -sm4 command line argument. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Anti-cheat | BattlEye |
Console commands
Console commands are available.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | 8 |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz Dual-core | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.9 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz 64-bit | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ark: Survival Evolved going underground in Aberration - Rock, Paper, Shotgun - last accessed on 2017-12-20
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Community Crunch 98: Gold Master Edition - ARK News - ARK - Official Community Forums
- ↑ More FOV? :: ARK: Survival Evolved General Discussions
- ↑ FoV scaling is Vert-, needs to be changed to Hor+ :: ARK: Survival Evolved Bug Reports & Exploits
- ↑ ARK Xbox One v731: Split-screen, Dimetrodon, Dung Beetle, Gallimimus & more! - ARK - Official Community Forums
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions :: ARK: Survival Evolved General Discussions
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Revive Ark: Survival Evolved Partially Working
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=541252702
- ↑ Help Getting stuck on server browser :: ARK: Survival Evolved General Discussions
- ↑ -Patch Notes- Current (v236.5) & Upcoming :: ARK: Survival Evolved General Discussions