Can you edit already made maps?

Development Modding ARK: Survival Evolved
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I’m looking to put the map from a friend’s server in ADK, is there anyway to upload a .ark file into it though?

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I’ve not tested it but I would expect it’s the same as with normal mods, wherein that the cooked files obscure the source for rights protection.

-WM

3

The only maps you can edit freely are the ones provided in the dev kit or if you get the source from the original developers. Cooked maps don’t fuction the same way that the .umap does.

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I understand that, thanks for the replies!