Ark best settings for single player how to#

The files that begin with TheIsland followed by numbers are previous saves made when you exited and shut down your single player game.

This is completely different from your Steam64ID number (if you're not familiar with what a Steam64ID is, we go over that in a section later on). NOTE: The XXXXXXXXXX in the Ark Tribe file names is the 'PlayerID' which is an internal ID number used by ark. ibebak is a backup copy of the tribe information made automatically by the game XXXXXXXXXX.arktribe is your tribe information, which gives your ownership of all your dinos and structures. LocalPlayer.profilebak is a backup copy of your character information made by the game automatically. LocalPlayer.arkprofile is your main player save information in the single player game. Procedurally generated maps will be in a PGArks folder.Д«elow is a sample screenshot of some of the files usually found in the SavedLocalArks folder, with 'TheIsland' map. If you've been playing on any expansion maps, then there will be a folder that begins with that map name as well.ДЄ Ragnorak map will be in a folder called RagnorakSavedArksLocal for example. If you've just been playing on TheIsland map, then the folder labelled SavedArksLocal contains TheIsland map. Each map folder contains it's own separate player and tribe information, for each player or tribe created on that map. There will be folders for each of the maps you've been playing on in single player. That folder contains the save game information for your single player game, and the config files. Inside that folder, will be a folder called saved. In the files on your local computer for your single player game, click on the folder shootergame. On the new window that appears, click on the tab along the top of the window labelled 'Local Files', and then click on 'browse local files'ДЄnd here you will find all the files for the Ark game client on your local computer, along with the single player save information. In the small pop-up menu that appears, click on 'properties' at the bottom. In your game library, find ARK: Survival Evolved in the game listings, and right click on ARK: Survival Evolved. On the computer where you've been playing a single player game, start up the Steam Launcher.

Find your Single Player ARK: Survival Evolved Files You will still keep all the levels on your character, all the buildings you built, and all the dinos you tamed. Once installed on a multiplayer server, your friends will also be able to join and make their own characters too, and you will also still keep all the progress you made in your single player game.

Ark best settings for single player how to#

This guide will show you how to take the files from a single player ARK: Survival Evolved game, and set them up on a Nodecraft multiplayer dedicated ARK server.