Ark: Survival Evolved - Dinosaur MMO/Survival PVP funz!

Drake5 · 17 Aug 2015 at 15:08

I can't seem to play this game no matter what settings I try, it's to laggy

4690k, 16GB RAM, 970, SSD etc etc - Can some one on a 970 tell me what settings they're running

The Mad One · 18 Aug 2015 at 13:15

DEL 707 said:
I am seriously thinking about a hardware upgrade.

I have a 980ti and 4770k with most of the settings are on medium, some on high and I still get dog framerates, average around 40fps if I'm lucky. The game is so unoptimised its ridiculous which shouldn't be surprising I suppose as its still technically an alpha. I just wish they would put some dev time into optimising it as most people are playing like its been fully released.

Anyway my point is don't pile money into your rig and expect a big improvement unless your current rig is massively outdated of course.

On a similar note I have found the game to be quite CPU bound if I encode a video in the background I get anywhere from a 10-20fps drop which is quite big compared to other games I play (dragon age 3 for example) might not sound much but when the games running at 40fps, its crippling.

siege2 · 18 Aug 2015 at 15:34

The Mad One said:
I have a 980ti and 4770k with most of the settings are on medium, some on high and I still get dog framerates, average around 40fps if I'm lucky. The game is so unoptimised its ridiculous which shouldn't be surprising I suppose as its still technically an alpha. I just wish they would put some dev time into optimising it as most people are playing like its been fully released.

Anyway my point is don't pile money into your rig and expect a big improvement unless your current rig is massively outdated of course.

On a similar note I have found the game to be quite CPU bound if I encode a video in the background I get anywhere from a 10-20fps drop which is quite big compared to other games I play (dragon age 3 for example) might not sound much but when the games running at 40fps, its crippling.

The should be this August releasing the DX12 version off the game should they not, I looking forward to seeing what improvements it brings "If any "

SixTwoSix · 18 Aug 2015 at 19:22

Running at 1080p with rig in sig, almost entirely high settings, haven't noticed any slowdown that impacts gameplay tbh.

The Mad One · 20 Aug 2015 at 13:30

The Mad One said:
I have a 980ti and 4770k with most of the settings are on medium, some on high and I still get dog framerates, average around 40fps if I'm lucky. The game is so unoptimised its ridiculous which shouldn't be surprising I suppose as its still technically an alpha. I just wish they would put some dev time into optimising it as most people are playing like its been fully released.

Anyway my point is don't pile money into your rig and expect a big improvement unless your current rig is massively outdated of course.

On a similar note I have found the game to be quite CPU bound if I encode a video in the background I get anywhere from a 10-20fps drop which is quite big compared to other games I play (dragon age 3 for example) might not sound much but when the games running at 40fps, its crippling.

I guess I forgot to mention I'm running at 1440p, so significantly more demanding then 1080p.

Omaeka · 20 Aug 2015 at 13:52

If you're getting bad framerates, open launch options and add

-USEALLAVAILABLECORES -sm4 -d3d10

It will boost your FPS massively, and that was just a single Google search away :/

The Mad One · 20 Aug 2015 at 14:02

Thanks I'll give it a go.

TonyTurbo78 · 20 Aug 2015 at 15:14

Omaeka said:
If you're getting bad framerates, open launch options and add

-USEALLAVAILABLECORES -sm4 -d3d10

It will boost your FPS massively, and that was just a single Google search away :/

-sm4 and -d3d10 makes the game looks so fugly though.

SixTwoSix · 20 Aug 2015 at 16:36

FFS...why aren't there any warnings when you make a new character that it resets your existing one...level 25 alt wiped out in an instant. I just thought you'd have a choice of alt when logging in.

valkynaz · 21 Aug 2015 at 00:27

I joined the KYE server, got stung by a giant scorpion and promptly fell to the floor paralyzed and got stung to death by a gigantic stinger.

I'm liking it so far.

Omaeka · 22 Aug 2015 at 04:24

TonyTurbo78 said:
-sm4 and -d3d10 makes the game looks so fugly though.

It's not that bad, makes the game a lot clearer at least. I don't think there is a machine on the planet that can currently run this game on epic at a good fps with no launch options.

TonyTurbo78 · 22 Aug 2015 at 10:24

I agree, the people that say they are getting 90fps at epic settings are laughable.

Might be interesting when dx12 version drops this month like rumoured.

Raumarik · 22 Aug 2015 at 14:31

anyone else getting crashes following the latest patch? Only this game seems affected for me, of as I never had any problems before.

BigBruiserAl · 24 Aug 2015 at 12:33

Im getting AMD driver crashes like 20 times in an evening....im going to stop playing for a bit untill a fix is out

Clav · 24 Aug 2015 at 15:31

I played for a good few hours yesterday with no issues, AMD card as well.

Tarqy · 25 Aug 2015 at 11:35

I've not had any crashes and played for a good few hours over the weekend and again last night while alpha hunting.

On a side note can anyone recommend a hosting company for an ARK server?

KnightStalker · 27 Aug 2015 at 09:15

Hey guys, im looking at switching over to SP for a bit due to us having a baby soon, and wont be able to keep up with the destruction timers and keeping everything safe - so singleplayer seems a good thing for me right now and still enjoy the game somewhat.

But the settings are hellish confusing, what im trying to do is get the singleplayer to match the offical servers in terms of dino level and difficulty, but with like 2x taming, 2x xp, 2x gather, just so im not spending 4 hours taming when the baby is around, can anyone help me out and tell me which i need to change and to what numbers so its like the offical with the bumped up stats i mention, it would be most appreciated guys/gals.

siege2 · 27 Aug 2015 at 10:39

KnightStalker said:
Hey guys, im looking at switching over to SP for a bit due to us having a baby soon, and wont be able to keep up with the destruction timers and keeping everything safe - so singleplayer seems a good thing for me right now and still enjoy the game somewhat.

But the settings are hellish confusing, what im trying to do is get the singleplayer to match the offical servers in terms of dino level and difficulty, but with like 2x taming, 2x xp, 2x gather, just so im not spending 4 hours taming when the baby is around, can anyone help me out and tell me which i need to change and to what numbers so its like the offical with the bumped up stats i mention, it would be most appreciated guys/gals.

could look into the steam workshop, for example http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=498435029&searchtext=xp and host your own dedicated server etc

KnightStalker · 27 Aug 2015 at 13:56

siege2 said:
could look into the steam workshop, for example http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=498435029&searchtext=xp and host your own dedicated server etc

Thanks ill look into that, but id like to keep it more simple and fast to setup but all the sliders and what not are confusing when you choose host/local - Offical servers are on difficulty 4.0 which means lvl 120 wild dino's, yet in that menu it only goes to 3, so not sure, and ive even posted in the steam forums, but as usual the moaners and what not means my post will never get seen, just figured there would be some hosters here that had an understanding of the settings better than i.

Nemeses · 27 Aug 2015 at 14:43

Halfmad said:
anyone else getting crashes following the latest patch? Only this game seems affected for me, of as I never had any problems before.

I've never had any issue with this game crashing, or fps problems, and the few I play with seem to be the same.