Hello folks, one of the people on my server was having mod mismatch , even tho every single other person was fine .
we tried everything, i deleted the mods off the server, installed the mods directly from my comp(agonizing due to slow upload on my end) , got him to delete his mods folder, tried reinstalling ark , nothing worked.
Eventually he decided to reinstall steam, he uninstalled and deleted any leftover folders and whatnot , and low and behold , his game started working. so the problem must be directly due to steam.
so TL;DR version, uninstall steam , delete any and all leftover folders/files, and reinstall (i know some have many games installed, but thats the only solution we found)
Have a good one folks, hope this helps anyone with the problem
just wanted to confirm before posting so i was waiting on restart, you can use your modified ini. the config tool seems to be adding engram, xp , and dino xp overrides . if you just delete these from your file it should revert to normal . there are 3 sections to delete, cant remember the exact naming of each but if it says 'override' just delete them. make sure to use ftp ofcourse and not the control panel editor , have a great day all ! also thanks for the help sinate !
having the same problem, and +1 to sinate , i think you nailed the problem, i had the same thing happen to me after a config edit with the editor, the only problem is, now i dont have an original game.ini file with proper leveling/engram xp values, can anyone copy/paste the original unmodified game.ini file so i can ftp it back in? would be much appreciated.