any% leaderboards should be separated into the primary difficulty settings:

• normal (dreamintensity 0 )
• hard (dreamintensity 4 )
• nightmare (dreamintensity 8 )

hello there,

i am thinking of running this game, but the rules are not very precise or informative.

that's why i have the follow questions: what are the rules for the run? which settings are required / allowed? ingame time or external timer (like livesplit)? what is the goal for any% / 100%?

is there anything else that i am should be aware of when running?

agree, separated leaderboards for ded and non-ded sounds like a good idea, then you can abuse tether as much as you want as it is part of that leaderboard.

if you want, I can help you with the rules, but I also think that we 3 mods (you, @Bishokukai and me) should take a look at this in general before defining the rules.

btw considering the effort that needs to be done for a multiplayer run (4p default or easy gen / extinction), 4players need to find a day which theyre all have time for a long run. We should preview things like the server setup and start (one of the runners sends us a video that shows how they would do in their run), so we can help them to get everything ready and right before they do their actual run

added to leaderboards, pls be very picky with the admin rights

@EldestGuardian even if Cupcake holds all WR, that don't justifies the action.

We already have the problem that ARK is a "speedrun unfriendly game" due to the fact that it takes hours to get things done even if your fast and efficient, that already scares away alot of people who think about running this game.

If someone decides to run this game they probably check discord for further information of asking questions.

One more thing as a runner you also represent the community of the game youre running

well... im not on discord, but if someone intentionally hurts / damages a speedrun community (for example by attacking discord), they should be banned from speedrun.com or atleast from our leaderboard.

yeah, but shouldn't matter as it is already added to the rules

had the same problem on my run, looks like just a visual thing.

for runs: if you wanna be save - show the effect tab and leaderboard tab if both are empty theres no problem as longs as you complete all the missions in the run i dont see a problem there, its ARK...

non ded will fry your pc the same way as if you host it ded on your pc since both times your pc needs to host the server, if performance is a problem then non private ded is the only way!

you can do both, easy or default.

KEEP IN MIND:

1. show the server settings BEFORE the server start (if youre using a web interface from your server provider you need to all the settings you can configure there aswell!)
2. show deletion of ALL save files (this includes cloud files from uploading)
3. show the server start (this includes the command line argument with that the server is getting started)
4. tab in main menu of ARK and show the server + the connection process (all players)

if you're unsure if your server setup is correct, make a short video and i'll check it.

yeah got wrong settings when i was testing for gen2 and had 1.25 loot quality, some mission could reward you with 1-4 mutagen

i also declined some in the past, for that reason.

the thing is even if you only have 5 gasoline in a fabricator (15min/gas) you already have a powered fabricator for 75min. thats what i mean with "obsolete fuel consumption". cause if a run only takes lets say 30min and all fuel consumpting structures have fuel for 60min, it wouldn't matter if fuel consumption is 1.0 or 5.0.

one more thing: fuel consumption is NOT only gasoline, this also modifies the amount of wood needed to fire up campfires or refining forges and element.

and i am not gonna do that math or proof of any of that if a run gets submitted with the wrong settings it's clearly the runners job.

so recently alot of the submitted runs had wrong settings, obviously if these settings have major impact on the run like difficulty or dino count the run is invalid

if these settings have no impact to the run (fuel consumption is to high - for runs that don't use any kind of fuel), we verified these runs in the past

if these settings only have minor impact to the run (fuel consumption is to high - but you have so much fuel + the run is so short, that it doesn't matter), i wouldn't mind to verify a run but i would ask the runner to provide a calculation or other kind of proof that the amount of fuel that is used is enough to make wrong fuel setting obsolete

for the character no, its already more than broken to have the boosted speed and fort stats. for dinos maybe but, it would make more sense to boost stamina first

btw theres no gain from a character with 2000 weight, cause the moment your on a dino, the dino will be encumbered.

by using "singleplayer settings" we are already boosting alot of stats (especially for dinos), even with singleplayer settings for most of the bosses pump-action shotgun is the fastest way, if we boost harvest amount dino strats would be even more slower, less likely to be useful.

one more thing i dont think default is to grindy or take to long, check our easy leaderboards (first WR and current WR) we improved our times alot, default is just sth new for us and i think the moment a few of us have done some runs and we have "initial paths" through some maps the time will improve alot

for the ones who don't know what ELM is check out Dens video:

comparison to other runs:

ELM gives a huge advantage and completely bypasses the gamma rule. I talked with Bisho about this and we both agreed that this needs to be discussed with everyone.

now my personal point: i think it should be consistent, either both is ok or neither, i don't see the use of a "no gamma rule" if tomorrow everyone is running on ELM

vote here: https://linkto.run/r/AWE9VU62

btw here is an example why it is required to show start paramaters aka command line arguments aswell:

so if i understand this correctly you want to host a ded server on (for example) your pc and also play on this pc + 1-3 other players right?

technically this is ok but keep in mind that the host pc will need to handle the server + your game + your recording

one last thing you still need to show the server settings + the start parameter for the ded server

devious spawns it just takes long + there are 2 devious locations for the artifact

here:

for default settings I was able to tame one just needed some narcotics

which level are yours? how did you tried to tame one?