Momma Said Knock You Out (MSKYO)

When installing this mod, be sure to perform a dino wipe on your server.

This mod brings a straightforward yet powerful change to Ark: creatures that traditionally require complex or passive taming methods can now be tamed through knock-out methods. For instance, instead of sacrificing tamed creatures to tame a Troodon or blinding a Yi Ling with Plant Z Fruit, you can simply knock them out and feed them kibble. Even creatures that typically require egg-stealing, like Wyverns, Rock Drakes, Magmasaurs, and Deinonychus, can now be tamed through a knock-out and kibble method. Yes, even Rhyniognatha can be knocked out and tamed!

With this mod, taming these creatures becomes significantly easier. Creatures that previously required passive taming can still be tamed traditionally or through the knock-out method. Choosing the knock-out method applies a slight taming effectiveness penalty (-15% by default), which server owners can adjust in game settings. To eliminate the penalty, set it to 0, or adjust it as needed up to a maximum of 1.0 (representing a 100% reduction in taming effectiveness). For instance, if you want a 50% drop in effectiveness, set the value to 0.5 in the gameusersettings.ini file under [MSKYO].
Creatures like Wyverns, Rock Drakes, and Magmasaurs that don’t have alternative taming methods won’t incur this penalty.

Additionally, you can customize which creatures are affected by this feature. For example, if you prefer Rhyniognatha, Fire Wyverns, or Troodons to remain untameable via knock-out, simply add their Entity IDs to the exclusion list, separated by commas without spaces, like this: Wyvern_Character_BP_Fire_C,Rhynio_Character_BP_C,Troodon_Character_BP_C.

This mod will not work on Boss Creatures or Alphas. There is also a small list of creatures that it doesn't work with for one reason or another. Some are legit reasons based on the creature's animation mechanics, and some just require me to do a lot more digging on why it won't allow players to access inventory of certain creatures when they are knocked out...and therefore cannot be fed anything to be tamed.

All creatures affected by this mod will take Exceptional Kibble as their preferred kibble, with the only exception being the Wyverns. Wyverns will take Extraordinary Kibble. If you choose not to use kibble, most will tame with their respective food of choice. i.e., raw meat, mejoberries, spoiled meat, medium poop (dung beetles), or even broth of enlightment (arthropleura).

The Arthropleura was one that was not wanting to work properly with the mod, so I managed to do a work around by remapping my own version of the Arthro until it is tamed, at which point it turns back into a normal Arthro. So if you are using any other mod that remaps the Wild Arthro, you may want to add it to the exclusion list, or disable the other mod's remapping if possible. Either choice will work, but strange and unexpected things could happen if two mods try to remap the same creature.

For a complete list of creature IDs, visit: https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Creature_IDs

Config Settings:

[MSKYO]
DisableCreaturesList=Wyvern_Character_BP_Fire_C,Rhynio_Character_BP_C,Troodon_Character_BP_C PassiveToKnockPenalty=0.15

Passive Tame Creatures that the mod doesn't work with:
Araneo
Basilisk (as soon as it starts to run from being knocked out, it will goin into the ground)
Onyc
Queen Bee
Role Rat
Reaper Kings/Queens (same reason as Basilisk, plus it might be a bit too OP)

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