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Incorrect description of ResourcesRespawnPeriodMultiplier[]

"ResourcesRespawnPeriodMultiplier. Higher values cause nodes to respawn more frequently." Actualy this is incorrect. At lower settings resources respawn faster in game. In simple words: period is time. Less period means less time to spawn something. We control Period Multiplier. So, for example, if default tree spawn time is 5 minutes and we set ResourcesRespawnPeriodMultiplier to 0.5, then new respawn period will be 2.5 minutes. IGPotapov (talk) 10:39, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for the report! Feel free to edit that in yourself, or I'll have a look at it later. :] -- IllegalOpcode (talk) 16:15, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Server Arguments[]

Work needs to be done to check which commands actually work, and which arguments are not applicable for server installs. There will also be arguments missing from this list as information is scarse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terryb8s (talkcontribs) at 01:49, 30 March 2016‎ (UTC). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

This is from over two years ago, but agreed. MaxPlayers, as an example, doesn't seem to work whether it's put under [/script/engine.gamesession], as the description says, or under [ServerSettings] where the rest of the settings go. I've only gotten it to work as a command line option. "<map_name>" and "listen" should also be moved out of the GameUserSettings.ini section and in to the Command Line section, since they are command line only. It would also be nice if the settings were alphabetized by default. If I get bored enough, I might look at setting up an account and getting started on this myself. — 63.231.146.80 00:54, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Missing Gamma Command[]

"EnablePvPGamma=False" setting to true allows users to adjust gamma for nightvision 107.138.89.230DOA

Entries in incorrect section[]

All the entries in the GameUserSettings.ini section starting with PerPlatformMaxStructureMultiplier and below should only be in the game.ini section. I'd edit myself but there's already been a correction and revert so I'll leave it be. Belthize (talk) 13:51, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

If you're referring to this edit, that was only an issue because he hadn't explained why he removed so much content, so it just looked like vandalism. I guess the both of us just forgot to redo it once he explained himself. I've made the corrections now.
-- Mr Pie 5 (talk) 19:04, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Missing Parameters[]

  • StructureDamageRepairCooldown (1/0) from v222.0
  • ForceAllStructureLocking (true/false) from v222.0
  • AutoDestroyOldStructuresMultiplier (float) from v222.0
  • bPassiveDefensesDamageRiderlessDinos (true/false) from v224

I don't know in which config file they work --Axi92 (talk) 09:36, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Unbalanced brackets[]

Looking at this bit, specifically:

DinoSpawnWeightMultipliers=(
DinoNameTag=<tag>
,SpawnWeightMultiplier=<factor>]
[,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=<override>]
[,SpawnLimitPercentage=<limit>])

The SpawnWeightMultiplier line has a closing ] without any matching [. I would guess that bracket just needs to be added, but the page is protected. 67.172.124.92 00:25, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, it's fixed. If you register on gamepedia, you can edit this page.--Cadaeib (talk) 10:53, 24 November 2015 (UTC)


Player Location On Map[]

The wiki is not consistend when it comes to .ini file settings. Is it MapPlayerLocation or ShowMapPlayerLocation? 88.133.21.51 19:38, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Server Clustering configuration is missing[]

Server clustering discussion / setup is missing entirely, as seen here.

A copy of the text you linked is already at the end of the page. Or do you mean something other? --Flachdachs (talk) 06:02, 22 September 2017 (UTC)


Value of PvPStructureDecay[]

In the Command line arguments section it is stated that, Set to true to prevent structure from decaying while the Offline Raiding Prevention is active. --> Is this correct? I couldn't find a source for that. Can somebody provide one? Also in the GameUserSettings.ini section it's described as true turns it on and false turns it off. So, is this really a matter of the ORP flag, or is one of those tables wrong? --Jurom (talk) 18:32, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Command Line Syntax[]

The server is currently launched via the command line using the following syntax to specify runtime options:


<executable> <map_name>?listen[?<option>=<value>][?<option>=<value>]...[?<option>=<value>] -UseBattleye [<Argument>]

Following the <executable> name, options are specified as a single string with each option separated by a question mark (?). Most options require a value argument. Refer to the option reference below for more details.

When an option is not specified, its default value is used automatically.

For example, to launch a server that:

1. shows each player a crosshair 2. shows each player their position on the map 3. allows players to view themselves in third person 4. enforces a minimum distance between player structures built by different players and tribes 5. enables BattlEye

I have read this information from the Wiki. What interests me is point 4.

How to change the construction distance between one tribe and another.

But I could not find the setting that would allow me to reduce the construction distance between one tribe and another. Neither here nor on the internet. Can anyone help me? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vergoz88 (talkcontribs) at 15:15, 15 March 2018‎. Please sign your posts with ~~~~

The answer is in the very next line: "./ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?ServerCrosshair=True?MapPlayerLocation=True?AllowThirdPersonPlayer=True?TheMaxStructuresInRange=100 -UseBattlEye". The options are presented in the same order as the list, specifically:
  1. ?ServerCrosshair=True
  2. ?MapPlayerLocation=True
  3. ?AllowThirdPersonPlayer=True
  4. ?TheMaxStructuresInRange=100
  5. -UseBattlEye
Unfortunately, I don't know exactly how that setting works. (Edited to remove my conjecture; just try out different values and see what works for you!) — 63.231.146.80 01:32, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

KickIdlePlayersPeriod[]

From what I can find, KickIdlePlayersPeriod is a GameUserSettings.ini[ServerSettings] option and not a Game.ini option. --BravadaCadelanne (talk) 21:39, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Missing Max Tribute Config Settings[]

I noticed that there are a couple of config settings missing that goes in GameUserSettings.ini. I don't know when they were added, but I know it's April 2018 or earlier. Found them on a forum post from April 2018, and I am using them myself on my single player world and it works perfectly. They are MaxTributeDinos and MaxTributeItems. They change the amount of items and dinos you can store in obelisks to move between worlds. I assume if you use it with higher capacity and store more than 50, and move to a server with less than 50 max you either lose those over that limit or they don't show.

bAllowFlyerSpeedLeveling[]

The bAllowFlyerSpeedLeveling is not under GameUserSettings.ini it is actually supposed to have both lines; bAllowFlyerSpeedLeveling=True and AllowFlyerSpeedLeveling=True in the Game.ini text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.155.12.198 (talkcontribs) at 00:00, 1 February 2021‎. Please sign your posts with ~~~~

Thank you. I have moved the setting to the correct location, sorry for this oversight. bAllowFlyerSpeedLeveling is the only required setting, and this has been verified immediately when the patch was launched. AllowFlyerSpeedLeveling does not exist. Alexrmski (talk) 07:59, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Missing ShowFloatingDamageText in GameUserSettings.ini[]

ShowFloatingDamageText is in Commandline Arguments but not in the GameUserSettings.ini table

Ambiguous use of "The Configuration File"[]

Correct me if I am wrong I am not an ark server expert but there are two configuration files and a great deal of confusion all around about them: "GameUserSettings.ini" and "Game.ini". There is no "The *singular Configuration File" I personally feel it would help clear things up a great deal if every instance of "The Configuration File" was replaced with "GameUserSettings.ini" or "Game.ini" respectively depending on whatever one is being referenced. I do not know myself and thus am not qualified to edit the page directly in good faith. Just jump to the "Creature Spawn related" section to see what I mean, no clue which configuration file those go under. 184.16.144.75 03:25, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Duplicate commands, .ini generator link concerns, actually just a bunch of issues[]

To be clear I am not qualified to know the correct answer to any of these things or I would be changing them myself, I do know how to spot discrepancies though.

In the command line arguments section what is the difference between "-NotifyAdminCommandsInChat" (No discription) and "?AdminLogging=true" (logs all admin commands to ingame chat Introduced in patch 206.0)???

The https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/Difficulty "Table of common difficulties" clearly shows values WAY outside of the range presented here for difficulty override ("Allows you to override the default server difficulty level of 4 with 5 to match the new official server difficulty level. Introduced in patch 247.95") and it states over there "difficulty is expressed using a number currently between 0.5 and 4.0[1] (or 5.0 in The Center)." then shows values over 5 up to 10 in the table???

"?ServerAdminPassword=passwort" "Passwort" typo in command line stuff unless it is some inside joke I am ignorant of.

"-allcores" ? and "-USEALLAVAILABLECORES" in command line stuff.

If "listen" is "Command line only" Why on earth is it even listed in the "Game.ini" settings?

Finally the .ini generator linked at the top of "GameUserSettings" is a hawt mess. The 'thing' it spits out is pure insanity, replacing all of the true/false booleanie with integers 1/0 changing capitalization and generally looking nothing like either the default generated GameUserSettings or what is listed here on this very wiki. I honestly do not know if these strange GameUserSettings.ini files it spits out would even work or not but considering the mess that is Ark they probably do, regardless entirely unhelpful if someone is actually trying to learn how to configure Ark in 2020s.

Oh PS, the default files my fresh copy of ark gave me have all the True/False values capitalized on the first character. I don't know if it matters or not, but for consistency it might be a consideration to change this for the true false value presented for the two .ini files.

184.16.144.75 04:45, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

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