Important note: this is a beta version of a mod. Be sure to back up your server or save before installing the mod. Feedback on features and bugs is welcome, especially on servers and consoles!

The Survival Ascended port of the original Play As Dino mod for Survival Evolved. This version also adds several improvements over the original version:

Improved creation menu: not only will you be able to select any color for your dino, you can also modify the body of your dino.
Improved building: you can just select and build structures from the hotbar.
Improved interaction: interact with any character, structure or item.

Customize dino

The mod allows you to play as any ARK dino (modded and vanilla), but also adds custom dinos that are meant to the played as and provide the best quality. Currently the following are available and more will be added over time:

Argentavis
Direwolf
Raptor
Titanoboa

The mod comes with the following features:

Customization: you can fully customize your creature (colors and body parts)
Admin menu: allows admins to disable dinos on the fly and change the breeding stats. This can be access via the console: cheat ScriptCommand PADAdminSettings
Playing and Breeding as almost all dinos (vanilla and modded)
Start as a baby dino: you can start as a baby dino for an extra challenge

Nest

This mod will launch as a beta version. This means that bugs will be present, especially since it touches a lot of core features. Be sure to make a backup of your singleplayer save of server first!

How to use:

Install and add the mod
Go to the spawn menu or character creation menu and select Create New Dino
Select your species.
Edit it's colours and body
Select Create and Spawn
Enjoy!

Play as any creature

Play As Dino! - Beta