ARK Dev Kit v200.5 (Fixed Sotf!!): 'Survival of the Fittest' download, Total Conversions, Mods, Maps

So if I understand this correctly, for a simple mod that only changes blueprints and PrimalGameData_BP, you no longer cook it with the empty pointer map? All you need is the to cook it as a mod. When I’m testing my current mod it seems to function correctly without the empty pointer map.

Well half correctly, something with how ants are spawned screws up my attempts to turn them into herbivores. But that’s a different matter that I have a few ideas on. Dragonflies correctly spawn without any aggro towards anything anyways.

Or is it still required and it’s only working because I made and cooked it on this machine? I understood the old tutorial and now I’m confused lol.