Ark: Survival Evolved is a survival game created by Studio Wildcard where players start naked and must gather every resource they need to survive. This concept is common for survival games, but Ark adds dinosaurs that can be tamed and bred to pass down genes to make each dinosaur better. Show
There are over 100 creatures that players can tame and raise. Ark: Survival Evolved doesn’t have the best graphics, the animation isn’t impressive, and most of the gameplay feels simple, but multiplayer is its best feature. This multiplayer has been a key component to the success of Ark: Survival Evolved. As players build their shelters and raise animals to fight with other players, they can directly impact the game world. The game world evolves as players build their territories or lose their fortunes, making it one of the most replayable games. As a game heavily relying on multiplayer, you would think it would allow crossplay with friends with no restrictions, but there are several restrictions. As a result of strange crossplay restrictions, multiplayer has felt limited. Is Ark: Survival Evolved cross-platform/crossplay?Each platform has its own rules, and the cross-play only works on a few different platforms. You must ensure the servers are compatible with playing with your friends on different consoles. Mobile users can crossplay Ark: Survival Evolved with each other just fine. If you are playing on PC, you can crossplay between Steam and Epic Games. You cannot crossplay with any other platform if you are playing Ark: Survival Evolved on a Mac or Nintendo Switch. You can cross-gen, so PlayStation 4 players can play with PlayStation 5 players, and the same goes for Xbox. Xbox users can crossplay Ark: Survival Evolved with PC users. Will Ark: Survival Evolved‘s cross-platform eventually expand?The cross-play functionality of Ark: Survival Evolved is needlessly complex. There are no plans for Studio Wildcard to simplify it and allow all platforms to play together, but it doesn’t seem very far-fetched. There are already servers that support PC and Xbox users playing together, so it seems only a matter of time before PlayStation, Mac, or Nintendo Switch can play. Keep your hopes up and let the studio know you’d like it to expand to other platforms. Still, at the moment, there are no plans to add cross-platform capabilities to Ark: Survival Evolved beyond what is already available. With Ark 2 revealed and expected to come sometime next year, that could be players’ chance to participate in a world across all major consoles. If complete crossplay was unavailable in the first version of the game, this is Studio Wildcard’s chance to build that into the game from the ground up. If the goal is to bring more players together, this would certainly be the way. Unfortunately, we don’t know much about Ark 2 outside of its coming release date sometime in 2023. The developer will likely give more information about crossplay and cross-progression as we get closer to the game’s full release. Me(Epic Games Launcher) and my friend(Steam), want to be playing on a private server, i have been searching for a couple of hours, but without any success. Could anyone explain to me what we need to do? Thank you! Link to commentShare on other sitesMore sharing options... Aylana314159Posted September 23, 2020 Aylana314159
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Posted September 23, 2020 There are server launch parameters to set. Do you rent a server or run on your own hardware? Link to commentShare on other sitesMore sharing options... HDinis09Posted September 23, 2020 HDinis09
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My friend is, since he has a much better rig than i do. Which parameters would he need? Also, does my friend or me need to portforward router? I have read that in a few places. Link to commentShare on other sitesMore sharing options... Aylana314159Posted September 23, 2020 Aylana314159
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Yes to port forwarding. I suggest checking out Ark Server manager (asm) to actually setup/manage the server, make it less tedious.
The required launch parameters are in the announcement newsletter.
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I play on a private server (I from epic, they from steam)
and what I find out is that I can enter alone and when the server does not have mods on
The bad thing about epic that does not support mod at least for the moment. it's a shame Link to commentShare on other sitesMore sharing options... HDinis09Posted September 23, 2020 HDinis09
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I will try this in the morning, would running a server have impact on a lower end pc? Or would the performance be around the same?
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Just running the server (for a couple players) is cpu and ram dependent, doesn't need a graphics card.
You're not planning on running the server on the same computer that you play on, right?
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Posted September 24, 2020
Parameter is "-crossplay" (without " of course) Link to commentShare on other sitesMore sharing options... HDinis09Posted September 24, 2020 HDinis09
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No ahaha, in my portforwarding screen, i am forced to put a server IP, which would this one be? The one i selected from the drop down list on the Quick Start Guide? Link to commentShare on other sitesMore sharing options... HDinis09Posted September 26, 2020 HDinis09
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Posted September 26, 2020 I have successfully managed to host(on Epic Games), by using the Host non-dedicated option on ARK, my friend(Steam), could only enter after i portforwarded all these ports into my router and Windows Firewall(PS: I don't know the specific ports so i portforwarded all from this link . Thank you all for the support, i will however try and use the server manager, since i has a lot of problems using it Link to commentShare on other sitesMore sharing options... Aylana314159Posted September 26, 2020 Aylana314159
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This option has a tether to the host, mean all players are stuck playing right next to the host. Also, the server only runs when the host is playing. Can Epic Games and Microsoft Ark play together?Ark is Crossplay compatible; however, players must consider a few points. Mobile users can Crossplay Ark just fine. Players using a PC can Crossplay between Steam and Epic games. However, if you play the game using a Mac or Nintendo Switch, you won't be able to Crossplay with any other platform.
Can Steam Ark players play with epic?Players on Epic Games Store, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and Steam can randomly matchmake with or against each other in all Online Match types. Cross-play is enabled by default.
Does Ark multiplayer work on Epic Games?To support cross-play between both the Steam and Epic version of the game, it will require adding a special startup argument to the server settings. This will allow players who are using the Epic Games version of ARK: Survival Evolved to join a server and play together.
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