StructurePickUpBalance
StructurePickUpBalance restores sane pickup behaviour on servers running AlwaysAllowStructurePickup, so removing a support drops what it was holding instead of harvesting it.
- Version
- v2.0
- Deployment
- Server-side
- Categories
- Gameplay, Utility, Administration
Availability
FreeFree
Download and use on your own servers at no cost.
What it does
On ARK: Survival Ascended, picking up a structure that others are snapped to takes the entire attached build with it, straight into your inventory. StructurePickUpBalance intercepts that cascade so only the structure you targeted is picked up.
Everything that was depending on it collapses instead, with the normal demolish sound and break effects. You choose whether the collapse refunds resources, destroys them outright, or is refused altogether.
Cascade Interception
Only the structure a player targets is picked up. Everything snapped to it is handled separately.
Four Behaviour Modes
Demolish, Destroy, Block or Vanilla — choose what happens to dependent structures on your server.
Normal Demolish Effects
Collapses play the usual demolish sound and break effects rather than silently disappearing.
Support-Aware Blocking
Block mode only refuses pickups that would actually bring something down.
Blueprint Exemptions
Exempt specific structures by blueprint path when you want vanilla pickup for particular pieces.
Hot Reload
Updates apply without a server restart, and configuration reloads from a console or RCON command.
Configurable Notification
Players are told how many structures collapsed, in wording you control.
Built for Large Builds
A single pickup can collapse hundreds of structures in one pass without interrupting the server.
Designed for pickup-enabled servers
Written for servers that are already running, with players on them.
- Restores ASE-style collapse behaviour
- Refund behaviour is yours to choose
- No client-side installation
- Updates without downtime
- Per-structure exemptions
Requirements and compatibility
Values that have not been finalised are marked as not specified rather than estimated.
Requirements
- Server
- ARK: Survival Ascended dedicated server
- Plugin loader
- AsaApi
- Deployment
- Server-side, installed per map
- Database
- None required
- Server setting
- Intended for AlwaysAllowStructurePickup
Compatibility
- Platform
- ARK: Survival Ascended
- Maps
- Map-independent; verified across multiple maps
- Client mods
- None — players install nothing
- After game updates
- Retest — pickup behaviour can change with server patches
Run StructurePickUpBalance on your server
Free to download and use. Setup instructions live in the documentation.