Specifies the scaling factor for the passage of time in the ARK, controlling how often day changes to night and night changes to day. The default value 1 provides the same cycle speed as the singleplayer experience (and the official public servers). Values lower than 1 slow down the cycle; higher values accelerate it.
Increase damage cap (At least for Hlucid)
With the amount of upgrades that are possible, it's become relatively easy for someone to hit cap damage. (10 billion) This becomes especially true in endgame boss parties with the amount of buffs and party buffs. And this causes a problem for slower, harder hitting classes when doing hard Lucid.
Hard Lucid has 45 Trillion HP, or 40.5 Trillion with the upcoming nerf. This means that over the 40 seconds you can damage Lucid, each person has to deal around 7 Trillion damage in order to do their portion. At the current cap of 10 billion damage, that means one has to hit cap damage 700 times in order to contribute. Now, this isn't a problem for many classes, as they deal far more than 700 hits in the allotted time. However, there are some classes like the one I play, Shadower, that quite literally cannot do their portion of damage.
Shadower's main bossing skill, Assassinate, does around 470 hits at max attack speed. Shadowers have a few other skills to supplement this damage, but they are relatively insignificant. In total, even if a Shadower is hitting cap damage with every single Assassinate hit and is using their other skills, they still fall at least a trillion or two damage short of what is required. Assassinate could be hitting several time the damage cap, perhaps upward of 30 to 40 billion damage on the strong hits, but is limited to only 10 billion. If the damage cap were increased to allow slower hitting classes to hit their full amount, then every class would be on an even playing field, unlike now.
Obviously, there is the option of doing less damage and letting party members cover for whatever damage you can't deal. However, if someone is over-geared for Hard Lucid, and still can't even do their portion of damage, then there is a problem with the mechanics of the game.
tl;dr Slower hitting classes suck at Hard Lucid phase 3, and so increase the damage cap.
Comments
- Reactions: 5,305Member, Private Testerif they wanted hlucid to be more balanced they would drop her hp by 1/2 in p3 and add the elemental resist to her.
But they chose this instead. /shrug - Might as well raise dmg cap in Dream Defender at some point too. Can you believe that only NL can solo hard lucid phase 3? lol
- Reactions: 5,305Member, Private Tester
- Well theoretically you're not supposed to be able to reach the damage cap, the only situation you'd be reaching it is when you pop all your burst skills, which should last only about 10 seconds. You can have others carry your weight either way, you should have 4 DPS in your 6 man party.
- There shouldn't be a silly cap. I can't believe there still is.
- Reactions: 37,360Volunteer Forum Moderator, Private TesterThere shouldn't be a silly cap. I can't believe there still is.
When Nexon made the cap 10b, they actually said that they 'removed the damage cap.' They also proceeded to reduce the number of hits-per-second for classes that were traditionally slow-but-hard-hitting, and had their lines increased back when the 50m cap became too restrictive.
I think they didn't do their math right, and actually thought that 10b cap was unreachable.
(It is good programming practice to always have a cap, to avoid bugs from throwing things too far off-track. However, if they truly intended for there to be 'no cap', then they should have put the invisible technical cap considerably higher.)
I agree that the cap should be raised to where nobody could reach it. Otherwise, many skills need to have hits added (and damage per hit reduced), again. - 1st cap was 200k and that wasn't reachable at all
then comes potential and cap raised to 1m
later additional potential comes and cap is increased to 50m
with 5th job dmg:s were doubled and cap raised to 10b
i don't mind having high cap but when bosses require dealing cap there's something badly wrong. hard lucid isn't even harder than normal lucid, just requires plenty more dmg. (same goes with basically all 'hard' bosses).
increasing the cap doesn't really help if next thing that is coming requires dmg counted from new cap.
even 100b could be reached with 25* system and perfect pot+bpot items (noone has done it yet since it would cost couple of millions of dollars/euros).
what nx should do is to create dmg cap for each class from their lines per second values to make every job balanced endgame (every skill is fine too).
like noone should be able to do more than 1T/sec (that would make soloing hlucid impossible which it really should be, this is MMO afterall)
Ark cheat codes and admin commands are the secret to making the world of Ark a less terrifying place. With all those dinosaurs running around unchecked, you may be finding that your quest to chop down trees is being too often interrupted by velociraptors. If this is the case, then perhaps you need to make some adjustment to your game with some Ark admin commands.
Admin commands, also known as console commands, are not strictly Ark cheats, but they do change the game to allow you access to things you wouldn’t usually have. You can boost your experience points, instantly tame a dinosaur, add an item to your inventory, or even destroy every dinosaur in the land, simply by using a code word. Just type them in, tap enter, and hack the world as if it’s the Matrix.
Our guide to Ark’s admin commands will show you how to do all this. We’ve got all the best console codes, and we’ll even show you how to change the Ark .ini file to make sure they all work, too.
How do you enter Ark: Survival Evolved admin commands?
To use an Ark console command, you’ll first need to open the console. This can be done by pressing the TAB key. If this doesn’t work, you’ll need to make a quick adjustment in the game’s .ini file. Head to:
SteamSteamAppscommonARKShooterGameConfigDefaultInput.ini
and open the .ini with Word Pad or similar. Scroll to the bottom of the document to find the line “+ConsoleKeys=Tab”. In front of the line will be a semi-colon (;). Delete this, save the .ini file, and the console should now work in-game.
Many commands will require the ‘Enable Cheats’ command to be used beforehand, as well as the ‘Enable Cheats for Player’ command. Be sure to use these before attempting to use other commands.
Here is a list of Ark cheat codes and admin commands:
Enable Cheats
enablecheats <password>
Enables server administrator commands for the player. Password required will be the server password. Example: enablecheats pass123
Enable Cheats for Player, Mount, & World
setcheatplayer “true/false”
Enables cheat commands that affect the current player, mounted dinosaur, and game world.
Add Experience Points
admincheat addexperience <amount> 0 <share>
Adds a number of experience points to the player, or to be shared with the tribe. Replace <amount> with how much XP required, and set <share> to 1 for player only, or 0 to share with tribe.
Add to Whitelist
admincheat AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck <player>
Adds a player to the server whitelist.
Remove from Whitelist
admincheat DisallowPlayerToJoinNoCheck <player>
Removes a player from the server whitelist.
Add to Banned List
admincheat Ban <player>
Adds a player to the server banned list.
Remove from Banned List
admincheat Unban <player>
Removes a player from the server banned list.
Broadcast Message
admincheat Broadcast <message>
Broadcast a message to all players on the server.
Custom Damage
admincheat DamageTarget <amount>
Deals a specified amount of damage to the creature/object in the player’s crosshairs.
Destroy All Creatures
admincheat DestroyAll <type>
Destroys all creatures of the specified type.
Destroy All Dinosaurs
admincheat destroyallenemies
Destroys all dinosaurs living on the map. New dinosaurs can still spawn.
Ignorant Enemies
admincheat EnemyInvisible true|false
All creatures on the map will ignore the player, even when attacked.
Sleep
admincheat ExecSetSleeping true|false
Puts the player character to sleep or wakes them up.
Fly
admincheat fly
Allows the player to move in any direction without being held down by gravity. Can be cancelled by using the ‘walk’ command.
Tame Dinosaur
admincheat forcetame
Immediately tames the dinosaur in player’s crosshairs.
Ghost Mode
admincheat ghost
Allows player to walk through walls and terrain.
Add an Item to Inventory
admincheat GiveItemNum <item_id> <quantity> <quality> <blueprint>
Adds a specified item to the player’s inventory. ItemID will be a number specific to the item, quantity and quality will also be numeric values. <blueprint> can either be ‘true’ (for a constructed item) or ‘false’ (for just the blueprint).
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Give Resources
admincheat giveresources
Adds 50 units of each resource to your inventory.
God Mode
admincheat god
Toggles on/off God Mode, which makes you invulnerable to all damage except drowning.
Self Damage
admincheat HurtMe <amount>
Damages the player character by specified amount.
Infinite Stats
admincheat infinitestats
Provides the player with infinite food, water, stamina, and carrying capacity, Torpor is kept at zero.
Kick Player
admincheat KickPlayer <steam_id>
Disconnects a specified player from the server.
Stop Everything
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admincheat PlayersOnly
Stops all creature movement and prevents crafting. Players can still move.
Message of the Day
admincheat SetMessageOfTheDay <message>
Sets the server’s message of the day, which displays when players connect.
Move Player
admincheat SetPlayerPos <x> <y> <z>
Instantly moves the player character to specified coordinates.
Set Time
admincheat settimeofday <hour>:<minute>[:<second>]
Sets the time of day on the server to a specified time.
Time Speed
admincheat slomo <factor>
Sets the speed of the passage of time on the server. <Factor> is a multiplier, so ‘1’ is normal, ‘2’ is twice the speed, and ‘0.5’ is half speed.
Summon Creature
admincheat summon <type>
Spawns a specified creature in front of player.
Slingshot Teleport
admincheat teleport
Teleports the player in the direction they are facing until they hit an object.
Unlimited Ammo
admincheat ToggleInfiniteAmmo
Provides unlimited ammunition for all firearms.
Walk
admincheat walk
Activated walk, which is the default form of movement. Will deactivate fly mode.
Unlock Recipes
admincheat giveengrams
Unlocks all crafting recipes for the player character.
FPS Counter
stat fps
Displays a frames-per-second counter on-screen.
Server Admin Menu
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ShowMyAdminManager
Displays the menu for server admin tools.
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Spectator Mode
enablespectator / stopspectating
Enables spectator mode.
Toggle Gun
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togglegun
Toggles on/off the player’s equipped weapon being displayed.
And there you go, those are the Ark admin commands you need to tweak your favourite survival game just how you like it. As you can see, there are plenty of changes you can make to skip towards the good stuff and have a better time in this bucolic, fun-filled world.
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As ever we have a surfeit of further Ark guides linked just above. In case you’re struggling with the sci-fi flavoured expansion we have a set of Aberration tips and the best ways of taming the game’s finest extinct beasties. For now, enjoy getting the most out of this role-player’s paradise.