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Way to disable certain spawns?
I'm using a lan server with asm, I tried replacing some of them with trilobites and other critters in that but it didnt seem to do a thing.

Anyone know a way to stop certain animals from spawning or at least replace them using asm?

If it matters, I want to get rid of:
All tek animals
And the two most annoying pick pocket animals.

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KailIzzraham 13 Mar, 2021 @ 9:30pm 
The way I removed certain dinos from my server was in the Game.ini file you have to put

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="put dino BP here",ToClassName="")

You will want one line for each dino BP you wish to remove or replace. In the example above I have mine to simply remove the dino and not replace it with anything else. If you wanted to put in a replacement, that would go inside the "" at the end.

Once you do that, you will need to do a server restart then once it is back up, do the command

admincheat destroywilddinos

This will remove everything on the ark then respawn a fresh batch of dinos, minus the ones you wanted to remove.

Hope that helps.
Last edited by KailIzzraham; 13 Mar, 2021 @ 9:31pm
Originally posted by KailIzzraham:
The way I removed certain dinos from my server was in the Game.ini file you have to put

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="put dino BP here",ToClassName="")

You will want one line for each dino BP you wish to remove or replace. In the example above I have mine to simply remove the dino and not replace it with anything else. If you wanted to put in a replacement, that would go inside the "" at the end.

Once you do that, you will need to do a server restart then once it is back up, do the command

admincheat destroywilddinos

This will remove everything on the ark then respawn a fresh batch of dinos, minus the ones you wanted to remove.

Hope that helps.

That looks like exactly what I wanted, can I just confirm that this is right before I put it into order?

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Ichthyornis_Character_BP",ToClassName="")

To remove them rather than replace them. Or would I need to have the location also?
Originally posted by Lori37:
http://www.gamewalkthrough-universe.com/Walkthroughs-Guides/Ark-Survival-Evolved/Game-Server-Customization/Dino-Spawn/default.aspx

this is pretty good to use for that kinda stuff
Huh, yeah that's actually pretty useful, kind of ugly so I wont actually use it myself, but it certainly got my answer. Cheers bro
Whiplash711 13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:02pm 
If you insert a line of code manually you MUST have ASM shut down before you do this. If you do not it will overwrite it. At the same time ASM allows you to do what you want if you look in the section for Dinos. Ever dino in the game is listed there. Look at the options follow your nose. Allows you to prevent spawns and replace spawns. I use it all the time to prevent Bronto knots on our server. Annoying to see 3 Bronto tied in a knot unable to move. LOL.
Originally posted by Whiplash711:
If you insert a line of code manually you MUST have ASM shut down before you do this. If you do not it will overwrite it. At the same time ASM allows you to do what you want if you look in the section for Dinos. Ever dino in the game is listed there. Look at the options follow your nose. Allows you to prevent spawns and replace spawns. I use it all the time to prevent Bronto knots on our server. Annoying to see 3 Bronto tied in a knot unable to move. LOL.
I did notice it in the dino section but it didnt seem to work for me. Thanks for the assistance anyway ^.^
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Date Posted: 13 Mar, 2021 @ 1:29pm
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