Max level issue (PS4)

[StealthyMartian 65]

Since Aberration, the last 30 levels of the available player levels are reserved for Ascension. https://ark.gamepedia.com/Ascension

Unfortunately, this affects users with a modified leveling system, be it with custom levels and/or engram setups. If a server has a maximum level cap of 115, a player will only be able to get to level 85 before undergoing Ascension. This can be corrected by increasing the maximum level cap as the last 30 levels will always be reserved. (Ex: Raising the level cap to level 130 will allow a player to undergo level 100 before Ascension) 

There are two ways to add maximum levels to correct this issue. One using the Modify Server Config tool the other involves modifying the Game.ini file directly, both accessible via the control panel.  For both of these examples, we will be adding 15 levels to get the maximum level cap to be 130.

Modify Server Config

Once opening up the MSC, click on Player Levels, shown in the image below, and then you will see the Player Levels Configuration option. Mark the button for Make Changes and a list will populate with the standard 1-115 level and engram data.



To add a new level, click on the button indicated below. In this example, we will add 15 levels to mimic the leveling scheme available on Official servers. You will need to click this button 15 times, once for each level.



Once done, scroll down the list and you will see something similar to this after Level 115. We will need to add data in place of "XP Required" and "Engrams Received", as these are only empty placeholders.



Here is an example of data that I have added for levels 116, 117, and 118. We will need to continue this process all the way to level 130. Please note that the value in place of "XP Required" is the total number of experience points we need to have, not how much we need to gain between levels. For more information on the default experience setup for ARK, please see this page: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Levels



Once you are done, scroll down to the bottom and click on the "Save Configuration and Restart Game Server" button. Wait for the server to finish loading and then you should be good to go.

Game.ini

First off, stop the server. This is very important as your changes may not be saved otherwise.

For Advanced users who want to directly edit their Game.ini file, you will need to click on the Game.ini button on the control panel. This will open up the text editor for the configuration file.

Find the first section that starts with "LevelExperienceRampOverrides=". This is the player data for leveling. The second section of "LevelExperienceRampOverrides=" is for dinos and we will ignore this. The data in here can be confusing; ExpereincePointsForLevel[0] actually references the first level you gain, which in this case, is level 2. So ExperiencePointsForLevel[3]=70, for example, means that you need a total of 70 experience points to be level 5. With that aside, we need to find level 115, show below.



Now, open up the file labeled ARK_Levels116-130.txt. Copy the entire contents of that folder and then place your cursor shown in the image above, between the "8" and the ")". Now paste the contents of the file above. If you did it correctly, you will see something like this. (pasted text has been highlighted for emphasis)



Now this is the full default data for players up to level 130. Now, we need to add engrams. Scroll down until you find OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=70. (70 = default) Now, each individual listing of OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints refers to one level. To add the data for level 116 to 130 for engrams, you will need to add 15 more instances of OverridePlayerEngramPoints=X (X can be any number. I made X = 80)



Once done, scroll down and click on the button labeled Save Game.ini. Your server will now restart with the changes made to the file and you should be good to go.

Please let us know if you have any further questions.

https://pastebin.com/rDPFqnAy- 116 - 130

https://pastebin.com/iXzJYDg8-  130

[frostbite 1]

I have tried both ways and it just kicks it all back to default

[StealthyMartian 65]

After making the changes does it revert to default when you hit the save button for it on the bottom, or in a different area?

[rendrag09 1]

The levels do not stick when I add them either. I 'save configuration' at the bottom of the Modify Server Config too, then click 'Save settings and Restart Game Server'. 

[Arachniko 1]

It doesn’t seem to be working with the modify server method. Where do I find the ARK_ levels116-130.txt files? Cannot find a link.

[StealthyMartian 65]

It doesn’t seem to be working with the modify server method. Where do I find the ARK_ levels116-130.txt files? Cannot find a link.

Sorry for that. Here is the files as for some reason they did not add to the post.

 

https://pastebin.com/rDPFqnAy- 116 - 130

https://pastebin.com/iXzJYDg8-  130

[rendrag09 1]

Do I need to re-edit the Game.ini every time I change a setting in the server config tool? 

[SurviverGuy 1]

These settings are working for me i wanted to be max lvl 120 so i created extra levels until level 150 by pressing the +add level icon.

Also i had to trow the max player experience up to the last level.

 

But yea Rendrag09 every time you make a change in the server config tool it will delete everything that you manually putted in there. I keep a text file with all the lines i want to add to the game ini seperate to paste it in there every time i make a change in the settings.

 

[Isaac Parker 0]

Steven has been misleading the customers. We CANT edit ini files, and nobody has come up with a valid reason why. Only pc servers can.

[Nick22 3]

PS4 players are able to edit the ini files, you can use the Advanced Config section at the top of the control panel.