The official GamingOnLinux ARK: Survival Evolved server is live

Its on the Normal map i see?

too bad, i would have liked to see Center Map or maybe even Scorched Earth.

Played too much on the Default map :)


anyway, i might hop in at some point and check out.



whats the rates? i hope those are not normal? :D specially taming ones, cause this game is epic grind with normal rates :) 2x-3x is a must if you ask me.. too high rates are again too boring.

Talking about ARk, what's the graphic state of the game ? did they finaly updated the engine on linux ?

Talking about ARk, what's the graphic state of the game ? did they finaly updated the engine on linux ?

no, not yet. they have improved some stuff though, there are clouds now on the sky and some basic version of ground clutter which at least paints the ground to correct colors under vegetation.
but thats about it.. they are planning to implement vulkan rendering this year, but given their trackrecord of implementing DX12, which never happened, i wouldnt hold my breath on it :D

Too bad. I'm playing Conan Exiles atm.

Have fun though!


Last edited by Aryvandaar on 3 Feb 2017 at 10:54 am UTC

Too bad. I'm playing Conan Exiles atm.

Have fun though!

its not out for Linux. If it will ever be.
Looks good though, hopefully it will be released to linux at some day also and hopefully they make use of vulkan by then.

I like the game and tempted to join but please increase multiplier to 5x or 10x. Else is unplayable (if you have a life)

What settings would people want changed, if you can tell me the exact settings I can tweak them all a little, not too much though.

Too bad. I'm playing Conan Exiles atm.

Have fun though!

its not out for Linux. If it will ever be.
Looks good though, hopefully it will be released to linux at some day also and hopefully they make use of vulkan by then.

Funcom did leave a hint on twitter https://twitter.com/funcom/status/790630269699129348

Most likely it's a later on stretch goal after the official windows release. since they are using UE4 it shouldn't be to hard for them. Funcom has come a long way since their Anarchy Online days. but it will be their first Linux port if they do, so we'll have to wait and see how it goes. :)

personally I only like using the primitive plus conversion on the original island or Center, I wished it would work on scorched earth. but I do like playing scorched earth a bit.
I've only been casually checking things out until they get a vulkan build, then I'll give it another go. Although in some ways ARK seems to be a bit obnoxious with the amount of added creatures and I don't know what to think of the tek teir stuff, I'm not to interested in all that.


Last edited by neowiz73 on 3 Feb 2017 at 12:17 pm UTC

I will build my new home there! oh yeah

What settings would people want changed, if you can tell me the exact settings I can tweak them all a little, not too much though.

i'd say, 3x for taming, exp, gathering would be fine. over that will make the game too simple.

and i vote for the Center map


Last edited by Xpander on 3 Feb 2017 at 12:45 pm UTC

I'd say ~7x resources and 10x tame. Consider some dinos require also 8 to 10 hours of tame, so that would speed the game a bit. I played with that settings for 100+ hours and that's really enjoyable. I abandoned because there were too hardcore player there but I'd like to join GOL private server!

Edit: also, this server really makes me want to throw money at gol :P


Last edited by snizzo on 3 Feb 2017 at 12:57 pm UTC

What settings would people want changed, if you can tell me the exact settings I can tweak them all a little, not too much though.

i'd say, 3x for taming, exp, gathering would be fine. over that will make the game too simple.

and i vote for the Center map

Map will not be changed now, as a bunch of people have already started. More than happy to change the map on our first wipe though.

3x taming speed has been put in.

Has harvest rate been adjusted?

I like defaults ;)

I might give this a go again now that there's a server.

Too bad. I'm playing Conan Exiles atm.

Have fun though!

its not out for Linux. If it will ever be.
Looks good though, hopefully it will be released to linux at some day also and hopefully they make use of vulkan by then.

Sad! I was thinking "Sweet, it's out?" and then "Sweet, it's out on Linux?" Conan Exiles looks fantastic (being a big fan of Conan doesn't hurt).

I thought it had been announced that there were plans for a Linux version?

I'll have to join in the fray, I haven't played the game for a long time due to the graphic glitches.

I had a bad experience a long time ago on an official server from griefers. That, and the friend I played with was a bit bossy/spoiley as he had played it for a while longer than I had.

Tried single player on Linux after that, but it would always crash on start, so I gave up. Then the paid DLC came out and I rage uninstalled it.....


But a private GOL server?

This may change everything.

Yeah, it's still Early Access, isn't it? How the hell can they be selling DLC already? How about fixing the damn thing....

But agreed, I may end up playing with some of the people here. Hopefully some of the Linux trolls don't come on and ruin it for everyone, or if they do we can get their names. :)