Ark Survival Evolved | How to setup a procedural map Print

1. Stop your server.
2. Select "Command line Manager"
3. Select your current command line and change the Map value to "Procedurally Generated Map".
4. Press Apply.
5. Select "Configuration Files"
6. Select "Text-Editor" next to Game.ini
7. Add the following:
   

   PGMapName=YourPGARK1
   PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=412;LandscapeRadius=1.2;Water Frequency=11;Mountains Frequency=11;Mountains Slope=1.4;MountainsHeight=1.3;Turbulence Power=0.0125;Shore Slope=1.0;WaterLevel=-0.72;GrassDensity=1.0;JungleGrassDensity=0.02;ErosionIterations=200000;OceanFloorLevel=-1.0;SnowBiomeSize=0.3;RWBiomeSize=0.11;MountainBiomeStart=-0.55;MountainsTreeDensity=0.01;JungleBiomeStart=-0.65;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.1;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.05;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.5;SnowMountainsTreeDensity=0.01;TreeDensity=0.003;JungleTreeDensity=0.66;RedWoodTreeDensity=0.35;SnowTreeDensity=1.0;RedwoodGrassDensity=0.1;ShoreTreeDensity=0.05;SnowShoreTreeDensity=0.025;DeepWaterBiomesDepth=-0.24;InlandWaterObjectsDensity=0.5;ShorelineStartOffset=0.04;ShorelineThickness=0.0045;TerrainScaleMultiplier=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f,Z=1.0f);SnowBiomeLocation=(X=0.2f,Y=0.2f);RWForestBiomeLocation=(X=0.5f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);SouthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=1.0f);EastRegion1Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);EastRegion1End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3End=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f);WestRegion1Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.0f);WestRegion1End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3End=(X=0.25f,Y=1.0f)​

8. Save the file in the top left.
   
   WARNING: You must now use the Text-Editor exclusively to modify your Game.ini file - if you use the configuration editor, it will wipe the manual edits made via Text-Editor.

9. If you want to customise the Procedurally Generated Map, edit the code you added in step 7 according to the following table:
   

   VARIABLE	Description
   ErosionIterations	Number of droplets which are used to simulate erosion
   GrassDensity	Density of foliage in the grasslands biome
   IslandBorderCurveExp	The exponent used in the curve to smoothly interpolate between island and water floor
   JungleBiomeStart	The height value at which the jungle biome start
   JungleGrassDensity	Foliage density in the Jungle biome
   JungleTreeDensity	Trees & rocks density in the jungle biome
   LandscapeRadius	The radius of the landscape, outside of this radius it is water (to avoid cutting the landscape by the terrain border)
   MapSeed	The seed used in the noise & random functions
   MaxSawnPointHeight	The maximum height of land for a spawn point to be created
   Mountain Height	A multiplier for mountain height
   MountainBiomeStart	The height value at which the mountain biome starts
   MountainGrassDensity	Foliage density in the mountain biome
   Mountains Frequency	The frequency of the noise used to generate mountains
   Mountains Slope	How hard the transition is from land to mountain, the higher the value the smoother the transition (from 0 to 2)
   MountainsTreeDensity	Density of trees and rocks in the mountain biome
   North/South/East/West Regions 1, 2, 3
   OceanFloorLevel	The height value for the ocean floor (from -1 to WaterLevel)
   RedWoodGrassDensity	Foliage density in the Redwood biome
   RedWoodTreeDensity	Density of trees and rocks in the redwood biome
   RWBiomeSize	The radius of the Redwood biome (from 0 to 1)
   RWForestBiomeLocation	The location of the redwood biome (X,Y from 0 to 1)
   Shore Slope	How hard the transition is from water floor to shore, the higher the value the smoother the transition (from 0 to 2)
   ShoreTreeDensity	Foliage density in the shore biome
   SnowBiomeLocation	The location of the snow biome (X,Y from 0 to 1)
   SnowBiomeSize	The radius of the snow biome (from 0 to 1)
   SnowGrassDensity	Foliage density in the snow biome
   SnowMountainGrassDensity	Foliage density in the snow mountain biome
   SnowMountainsTreeDensity	Density of trees and rocks in the snow mountain biome
   SnowShoreTreeDensity	Density of trees and rocks in the snow shore biome
   SnowTreeDensity	Density of trees and rocks in the snow biome
   TerrainScaleMultiplier	X,Y,Z to scale the whole terrain
   TreeDensity	Density of trees and rocks in the grasslands biome
   Turbulence Power	The power of the turbulence function used to randomly perturb the coordinates input to the noise function, to add some realism to the noise
   UnderwaterObjectsDensity	Object density in the underwater biome
   Water Frequency	The frequency of the noise function used to generate land/water
   WaterLevel	The height value for the water surface, from (Ocean Floor level to 1)
   ShorelineStartOffset	The distance from the water that the shoreline begins. Raise this for a shore that goes farther up to the land.
   ShorelineThickness	The overall width of the shore. Raise this along with ShorelineStartOffset to get a thicker, larger shore.

More information can be found from a developer's post regarding Procedurally Generated Maps here: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/99062-quickie-procedurally-generated-arks-how-to-guide/

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