https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2266459111
Crystal Isles map is now open for everyone. You can visit it by this link:
188.243.62.184:27029
or by yours preferred way.

Don't forget to download the map first:
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1270830/Crystal_Isles__ARK_Expansion_Map/

There was a discussion on Discord about running a map for fresh start but since I can add only one map atm and some players possibly don't want to do a fresh start this map have full access, so you can move anything in and out as usually.

Now you should be able to keep some new items in your SS dedicated storage, current additions are:

• Snow Owl Pellet
  
• Wyvern Milk
  
• Nameless Venom
  
• Tranq Dart
  
• Bug Repellant
  
• Sweet Veggie Cake
  
• Lesser Antidote

I'm open for suggestions if you want more dedicated storage item types.

Only for two days starting at saturdays morning all loot quality rates for caving, fishing and regular crates are doubled on The Island and Valguero! So it is good time to chill with some beer on your boat or to do some cave runs. But be aware! All crates are going to have random spawns.

And I have some good news about server hardware. I wasn't able to replace memory sticks for other type. But I was finally able to find hardware supply I was looking for since last year! And instead of adding some RAM server is getting some RUM!

Pics of planned upgrade[img0.reactor.cc]

So now I'm going to sell RAM and buy new CPU instead. If everything goes right in a month I'll be able to run totally new server for ARK. And after some upgrades is should be able to run 12 ARK maps at same time with even less lags on two 6 core CPUs. So yes, first pic was a joke actually. Real image of new server is here[img0.reactor.cc]. Don't worry, new hardware is reusable so in future I can use it for other stuff too.

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2017186718
Trocki was so worried about element trasfer that he volunteered to test all possible solutions and found this one.
This mod is much better than every other one I saw on steam because it doesn't replace all evelement with its own engrams but instead it allows to make a transfreable package of 1/100/1000 element. That is much better because in case of any failure only element in package will be lost.
The mod is pretty simple and lightweight, so I tested it too on this weelkend and now, thanks to Trocki, it is a part of our cluster. Enjoy!

If anyone would find anything similar for transfering boss tribute items, give me a link please. It may be added too.

So it appears what shop sent me two RDIMM modules instead of LRDIMM modules I use in the server. It isn't possible to have both types of RAM rinning on a single motherboard so I'm going to open a dispute and will try to replace RDIMMs with LRDIMMs.
Sorry guys, Crystal Isles map is going to wait for another month. But the doubled rates event is still coming to the cluster.

In case you didn't knew Flo started a campain to fund new RAM (Random Access Memory) sticks for the server so I'll have more space for ARK (idk if it is acronym at all) maps. RAM arrived a few days ago and I was going to install it today but have another hardware project running tonight because my CEO (Cheif Executive Officer) wants me to fix some issues as fast as possible so ARK server upgrade is delayed till saturday morning.
After the upgrade server will be able to run 9 ARK maps at same time. For now we have 7 active maps so that means we will get two more: for Genesis part 2 and event map. Last one is going to be Crystal Isles map map map for most of the time. But sometimes an event map will take that map slot and at the event end Isles map will come back. Also this map could be swapped to any other map if any new map other than Genesis part 2 map will be officially or unofficially released. Map.
No further upgrades are possible since from now server is limited to CPU (Central Processing Unit) and I have top of the tier here - E5 2690 v2[ark.intel.com], the one with 10 cores and 20 threads. Any ARK map requres 2 threads to run smoothly so thats only 10 maps possible on this CPU and I also need 2 threads to run the system, so only 9 left. Yes, there are 12 cores (24 threads) E5 2600 v2 series CPUs but they have too low frequency. So next step would be replacing whole server and that's not that cheap and I'm not going to do it in nearest future.

Crystal Isles is going to be delayed too, because I'd like to run an event before new map release. And no, it isn't going to stat tomorrow, sorry. Have no time to prepare for that. But there will be an event next weekend! So the map itself will become the map of the Cluster a week and few days later. So keep an eye on steam group news.

Instead of Crystal Isles map launch this weekened is going to have doubled gathering and breeding rates event starting at RAM installation time and will end at monday, 23:00 european map time.