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Switching Maps - Do we keep levels/gear/dinos/buildings?


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Greetings all.

 

I am very new to Ark and hosting my own server. 

 

Myself and friends that play on my private server were wanting to see the other maps and maybe play on them but in case we do not wish to stay, can anyone tell me if I switch the map, will we all keep our levels we are at?  Also if we switch back to the map we are on now, will it save everything that we now have built?

 

Any help would be grand.  

 

Thank you 

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Just to clarify, since we just got done doing this switch, you will not keep the gear you have on your inventory when switching maps.  Your character will retain their level, stats, learned engrams, etc., but any gear that you have in your inventory will vanish.  When you load into the new map, it will be as if you died and you have to spawn in at a new point.  Your dinos will also not follow you to the new map, unless you upload them to an obelisk and then download them again after the switch, and even this is bugged right now and your players will have to go through an extra step (file edit on their drives) so that their local Ark data shows up for transfer after the map switch.  It's very messy right now.

 

If you switch to a new map, decide you don't like it, and switch back, your buildings and such will be saved on the old map save file, but you will still lose the gear you had in your inventory.  Stuff you kept in storages on the old map should still be there when you revert back, but the only way to move dinos and items back and forth between a map switch is to have the players use the obelisks for transfer. 

 

There is a developer note on reddit right now that they are aware that they messed up with TheCenter becoming official and did not use the same local profile save data for them.  They intend to release a fix for this sometime this week, and in the notes they mention that ANY dinos or items left in the obelisk when this update occurs will be lost.  See link below.

 

http://ark.gamepedia.com/241.1

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Not a problem Ryan.  Also, in case anyone needs the information, below is a link to the current fix for being able to transfer dinos and items between TheIsland and TheCenter maps.  Every player on your server will need to do this to be able to see the dinos and items they put in the Ark Obelisk.  Further, putting items in the Ark seems to be bugged right now and if you put in too many, they will vanish.  It seems the current recommended limit is around 140, but I'd say tell your players 100 just to be safe.

 

http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/357286663670325420/

 

This fix should not be needed after the next game update, and as mentioned before, the Devs have stated that anything left in your Ark when this update occurs will be lost.

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@Moraj,

 

I'm planning on switching our map over this weekend. Just to clarify, to move our characters over, we don't have to have to upload our Survivors to the obelisk. Just when switching maps change the drop down in the Console from TheIsland to TheCenter? All levels and engrams will be saved that way. Right?

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@Moraj,

 

I'm planning on switching our map over this weekend. Just to clarify, to move our characters over, we don't have to have to upload our Survivors to the obelisk. Just when switching maps change the drop down in the Console from TheIsland to TheCenter? All levels and engrams will be saved that way. Right?

 

@almostsurely,

 

You do not need to have any of your players transfer their characters when switching maps, only their dinos and a handful of items if you want to allow them to do that.  After you switch the map all characters, upon first connecting, will spawn in as if they have just died.  They'll need to pick a map spawn location and will have nothing in their inventories.  They will retain all levels, stats, engrams, etc.  All tamed dinosaurs and structures will be removed and players will need to make their way to one of the obelisks to transfer in anything they may have moved off the old map.  Best of luck!  Our players have been very happy with the switch. 

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  • 6 months later...

Not a problem Ryan.  Also, in case anyone needs the information, below is a link to the current fix for being able to transfer dinos and items between TheIsland and TheCenter maps.  Every player on your server will need to do this to be able to see the dinos and items they put in the Ark Obelisk.  Further, putting items in the Ark seems to be bugged right now and if you put in too many, they will vanish.  It seems the current recommended limit is around 140, but I'd say tell your players 100 just to be safe.

 

http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/357286663670325420/

 

This fix should not be needed after the next game update, and as mentioned before, the Devs have stated that anything left in your Ark when this update occurs will be lost.

Altho the items seem to vanish they are still there but to get them you need to log into your single player and go to the ob drop a storage bin and empty out som eof the items in there, reload the items and on single player it will tell you you have hit the limit, log back into your normal server and you can get your items back, this takes a while to go back and forth but if you lost some important things it is worth it 

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