I don't know a whole lot about console but I'd assume that tethering is still a thing on non-dedicated even if you can't change the distance? Like, it will still teleport the other player to the host if they get too far away or enter a cave?

It's really late here so I can definitely get you a video or some images of that tomorrow. One thing to note though is that the exact position of the bag does not matter as the ledge that you can place the bag on is massive. It's easiest to just crouch, go into 3rd person, and then slowly turn to your right until it says you can't place the bag there, then place it in the last possible place that you were allowed to.

I'll get a video with the orbit cam to you tomorrow though, hopefully. Keep in mind that we won't really be using that specific mesh anymore since we have a few new, better ones that Den discovered.

I can make a video that goes over exactly how you do the mesh and thanks to Den we now have newer meshes. I can go over all of them in a single video. Alternatively, the mesh I used during the run is right there and you can see how it is done. You just have to keep in mind that it only works if you are in 3rd person camera instead of 1st.

In the mean time though, thank you.

The time at which I get stuck and am forced to use ghost is at 42:08 during Snow Cave. During Tek Cave I did get temporarily stuck but after a moment I managed to crouch to escape. I was moved away from the attacking allos when I was attacked by a Kaprosuchus and then got stuck while being attacked by Terror Birds but whistled my wolves to attack them and they got there just in time. Then I managed to escape. It does appear that I used the command because of my chat suggesting that I ghost but even then I manage to land on the ground fast enough for it to have not been possible for me to both type ghost and walk while also walking out of the rock.

I can see how this may look suspicious at a glance but if you actually checked it you would know that there was no problem or commands used there.

I didn't use the command in Tek Cave. I considered using it there but I managed to escape. I used it during Snow Cave after I had meshed and had no items on me. I'm sorry that you got confused as to what I said.

My world record run for The Island was declined by Be_A_Maverick due to the fact that I used the ghost command to escape being permanently stuck inside of a rock. He claims that I should have used a pick to break it but that's not possible as I didn't have anything on me at the time and couldn't escape the rock to make a pick in order to break the rock I was stuck inside of.

If you don't mind, I would like if the mods take another look at the run.

Well either way, I did some calculations and here are the total items I make.

1 Stone Pick 1 Stone Hatchet 1 Parachute 1 Bola 2 Campfires 1 Full set of hide armor 1 Full set of ghillie armor 1 Cryopod 1 Rex Saddle 1 Pteranodon Saddle 1 Ichthyosaurus Saddle ~15 Tranq Arrows 2 Grappling Hooks 1 Crossbow 4 Refining Forges 1 Smithy 1 Mortar and Pestle 2 Thatch foundations ? Arrows

Without adding in the wood it takes to smelt all of the metal and cook food, dino taming food, etc. I also left out the amount of arrows I make as it varies a lot from run to run and I even forgot to include my bow at the start. I'm sure there's even more I forgot but here's the current amount it adds up to:

1105 Hide 771 Fiber 119 Thatch 632 Stone 11 Flint 148 Wood 142 Metal 83 Chitin 15 Spoiled Meat 75 Narcoberries 34 Organic Polymer (you need more since it spoils) 10 Crystal 4 Oil

Keep in mind by the way that the amount of resources and what resources vary MASSIVELY depending on the strategy and route used and within the run you need to adapt a lot so it varies each run as well, like if you are about to die from rabies and need to quickly place down a sleeping bag. Also worth keeping in mind that as we evolve newer and better strategies we will end up using older strategies less and the amount of resources will change so what I put there only applies to me and it will only apply for so long. I plan on changing up the strategy even just tomorrow.

In terms of character builds, upon spawning in I do:

250 Health 200 Stamina 200 Oxygen 150 Food 150 Water 250 Weight 264 Fortitude And then I dump all remaining points into speed.

This is also subject to change as some people may need less total health.

So you want a summary of all of the materials needed for a run in total as well as which engrams?

So we're sure that it's possible to transfer a character, including all of the stuff on them at the time, across Arks? I've never really tried it before so I wouldn't know. If so then I guess I should start routing because I am hellbent on running this category if we make it a thing.

So I was taking a look at the suggestions channel on the Discord server and I really like Ross' idea for a new run. I definitely think that a story mode speedrun would be incredibly interesting.

Given what was said in the suggestion, here is my current thoughts on it. I think using our usual easy speedrun settings would be best for a run like this. I think that you can only access a map if you have beaten the previous one within the run but can go between maps transferring dinos and items as needed within that (for example, after beating the Manticore the runner can play on The Island, Scorched Earth, and Aberration but not Extinction). The run ends when Extinction is beaten as that is the end of the normal game and Genesis would suck if added onto that.

It seemed like most people on the Discord had voted in favor of the suggestion and I myself am a huge fan as I think it will bring an interesting new flavor of runs to the community for those who have more time on their hands and are interested. It's definitely worth thinking about and discussing at the very least.

I'm definitely interested to see whatever you can come up with!