Summary: The ARK: Survival Ascension mod development component will receive a major update in the near future, and the custom appearance system will allow players to create and apply richer visual decoration mods, and use mod content on the client side to create an endless number of innovative game experiences.
Since the launch of ARK: Survival Ascension's cross-platform mod feature, passionate creators have brought a ton of high-quality mods. Next, the ARK: Survival Ascension mod development component will usher in a new round of updates, bringing a new "custom appearance" system.
The new "Custom Looks" system allows players to dynamically apply player-generated skins to players and dinosaurs, and end-user custom skins to equipment, weapons, and even all in-game buildings. By allowing you to create your own skins without the need for server updates or data uploads, the variety of building appearances in the game will be greatly improved and optimized.
Here are some simple cosmetic skins coming in the upcoming update, such as glass walls, party lampposts, and tic-tac-toe tables.
Glass Wall: Can be placed on any normal wall and turned into an adjustable glass pane (so that it hides the border to create a larger or different size pane of glass, and makes it blurry, transparent, or unidirectional.) )
Party Lampposts: Can be mounted on normal lampposts or omnidirectional lampposts, and can be set to primary and secondary colors (white, red, green, blue, or light colors), primary and secondary light intensity (off, low, medium, high), and blink speed (fast, slow). Fast flashing creates a strobe effect, and slow flashing flashes once per second. Slow flashing is synchronized with network time, so when multiple bulbs are turned on, their flashing will also stay in sync.
Tic-tac-toe table: Two players can play a game of tic-tac-toe on a wooden table. The table provides both team IDs and records the total number of rounds they won, so players can play multiple rounds.
The ARK: Survival Ascension mod development component update will be split into two phases, and on February 1, players will be able to manually install these custom cosmetic mods on the client so that they can be viewed and used on official servers. On April 1, Pacific time, the second phase of the update will allow players to choose whether to automatically download and use these mods in the background after encountering custom appearance mods in the game.