These are the changes of ARK: Survival Evolved’s Patch 194.0, grouped into categories for clarity. If not otherwise indicated, they’re quoted from the relevant Steam Thread.
Official Servers
- Moving most servers to new faster host! Better official server framerates, woot!
Dino Changes
- Only Female Dinos lay eggs now 😉
- You can no longer mount a dino if you’re snared in a Bear Trap
- Alpha predators now give 4x the regular amount of resources and nothing but prime meat!
- Added Alpha versions of Carnotaurus and Utahraptor — they buff less than the Alpha Rex, however.
- Picking up your own Tamed Dinos’ eggs no longer aggros Wild Dinos of that species 😉
- Titanboa now has damage overlay
- Sarco tail has proper IK [Inverse Kinematics -Ed] again
Game Changes
- Activating the Flare Gun when riding a Dino will now automatically shoot the Flare upwards
- Your selected Survivor Spawn Region is now remembered when reconnecting your client
- Barricades (Metal and Wooden) can now be painted
- You can now eat/drink when caught in a Bear Trap
- Can no longer ride a dino that is snared in a Bear Trap… gotta free it first.
- You can no longer mount a dino if you’re snared in a Bear Trap
Server Features
- Server Admins can now disable Taming on a per-Dino basis via their config
- PvE server admins can now enable building in Caves via their config
- New Server’s “GameUserSettings.ini” values:
[ServerSettings] AllowCaveBuildingPvE=trueor
?AllowCaveBuildingPvE=true - And in Server’s “Game.ini”, to prevent Taming of specific Dino’s:
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] PreventDinoTameClassNames="Argent_Character_BP_C" PreventDinoTameClassNames="Ptero_Character_BP_C". [You can find those ID’s on our List of Dinosaurs, -Ed]
Bugfixes
- Fix for bodies sinking into floors upon reconnecting/reloading
- Fix for one last case of possibly erroneously entering Spectator mode
- Harvested resources now properly respawn in singleplayer/non-dedicated host!
(Original Announcement on Steam)
Here are the patchnotes of the previous patch (193.1)