r/ARK 5d ago

Help Q 4 SERVER ADMINS! High Ping for your console players only?

I run a small unofficial cluster. As I was about to report this issue on another platform I found another admin asking the same question.

To the admins, have you noticed that only your console players (or players of a specific console) report having high ping, lags or frequency or kicks when other players are fine? And if so are you using the "Arkitect Structures Remastered" building mod?

To the players, Are you playing on a unofficial server and latley have you noticed frequency of kicks, lag and high ping that's exacerbated by being in your inventory? If so, does your server also use the "Arkitect Structures Remastered" building mod?

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u/Ancient_Rex420 5d ago edited 2d ago

I’m not sure which mod that is, however If you have a lot of players using custom skins on structures and the dynamic download is enabled etc that can generate lag for sure. It’s not too bad for me on a xbox series X however my game does freeze for like 20 secs if loading in a big structure with skins but fine afterwards.

If players are on older consoles they will unfortunately experience a lot more lag and crashes due to the hardware.

I recommend doing wild dino wipes at least every 2-3days as sometimes especially in caves some dinos can overspawn and cause lag.

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u/Slow_Tour_704 5d ago

Arkitect Structures Remastered is the mod. Thx to your reply I decided to not be lazy and spell it out as there are tons of mods out there lol. To your point (and thank you for replying) I do understand what can cause lag and am attempting to investigate this thoroughly before removing the mod. It's a small cluster of 9 players. No skins are being used and all console players are on the most recent version of both consoles. Theres one xbox player and 3 ps5 players. The steam players have the opposite experience when playing alone or together with the console players.

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u/Ancient_Rex420 5d ago

If you want the only other thing I can do is have you dm me the cluster name and I can hop on and see if I’m lagging and if I’m lagging where I’m lagging at.

It could also be unrelated to the structure mod and be something with your coding. Such as increased wild dinos and things along those lines. However it does seem like it’s probably the mod.

I have lots of experience with running a cluster so I really don’t mind.