Here I try to answer some of the frequently asked questions about my mod Better Thralls.
There are 2 ways to open the mod configuration:
The green Better Thralls configuration button on the left side of the character inventory or the command line command:
DataCmd BetterThralls
Regardless of your role (admin or player), the configuration will open in “player” mode.
TO access the server settings, you must first make yourself an admin (“Make Me Admin” button in the game’s server settings), and then switch to “admin” mode in the Better Thralls mos settings.
ModControlPanel is no longer supported due to its limited capabilities.
There may be several reasons for this.
- The mod is not activated
It is not enough to subscribe to the mod. It must also be activated.
The mod is only activated if it is listed on the right-hand side under “Selected”.
- The pak-file is corrupted
Steam sometimes delivers corrupted files or corrupts the existing pak file during a mod update. Sometimes it helps to check the game files. It may also help to unsubscribe and re-subscribe to the mod. However, sometimes even this does not help, or only after several attempts. Therefore I provide both the current and the previous version of my mods for download: Mod Downloads - Faulty ModController-Cache entries
This is a Funcom feature that unfortunately tends to fail sometimes and mess up parts of individual mods. The cache entries of individual mods then point to the mod controllers of other mods, preventing the correct files from being loaded. The mod is enabled, but not properly initialized. The easiest way to fix this is to remove the ModController-Cache. The file called ModControllerCache.json can be found in the same folder as the save game (the game.db).
The button no longer exists. The additional followers are now also recruited via the white “follow” button.
This can have several reasons.
- Feature is not enabled
If additional followers are set to 0, the feature is disabled. - “War Party” prerequisite enabled but not fulfilled
If the prerequisite is enabled, the player must spend 20 points in Authority and select “War Party”. Without this perk, no additional followers are available. - Thrall types do not like each other
As of patch 3.0 (Age of Sorcery), there are different thrall groups and not every group wants to travel together with every other group. This is not a limitation of Better Thralls and there are currently no plans to remove this limitation! - Not all types of thralls can be used as additional followers
Currently, only thralls/pets from the “Warrior” group are supported. This primarily includes all human thralls and most pets. Zombies, undead and possibly thralls from other mods are not usable, depending on which group they are assigned to. - Only 1 horse can follow me at a time
This is also a change introduced with patch 3.0 (Age of Sorcery) of the game. Mounts now have their own group and their size is hard limited to 1 and the mod does not change this. - “Refuses to follow”
If you get this message, you should check your mod list for outdated mods. As of patch 3.0 (Age of Sorcery), every thrall type must belong to a thrall group. Mod-specific thralls that have not been updated will no longer be usable as followers. This is a problem with the mod implementing the new thrall, not a problem with the base game or Better Thralls.
Mods that unknowingly overwrite thrall data with an older version are also a problem.
Mods that cause this problem:
LTs Farming (last update: 11-2020) – Solution: remove the mod. There will probably be no more updates for this mod.
Unfortunately, I can’t tell you that either.
Since patch 3.0 (Age of Sorcery), the game alone takes care of the XP for the followers. The additional followers are now also supplied with XP via the standard mechanics of the game. If something goes wrong, then the mod can’t fix it.
Better Thralls has never and will never make any changes to the thralls’ stats. Wherever you got this information, it is wrong.
There are thralls with a similar icon in other mods too. Better Thralls Lamplighters can be recognized by the small BT in the top left corner.
If BT is missing, then it is not a Better Thralls Lamplighter.
Bug reports must always be made via the discord server. Only there, it is possible to deal with bug reports in detail.
Definitely not suitable for bug reports: the comment section at the bottom of this page!
The way the Unreal Engine manages its files makes it impossible to implement a feature in more than one mod without significant additional effort. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time for that.
Most parts of the mod are configurable and can be enabled or disabled as an admin and/or player. If you miss a setting, feel free to make a suggestion. The best place to do this is my discord server: Testerles Conan Exiles Mods
See my answer in Is feature x also available as a standalone mod?
See my answer in Is feature x also available as a standalone mod?
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would you be able to update this mod so that the “E” to command followers whilst ingame works plz 😉
Always take one thrall as base game follower (white icon). Attack commands given to this thrall are usually executed by all additional thralls as well. All other commands (move, stop, return, …) are planned. No eta
Just wondering if this has an ETA yet? I recommend this mod to everyone, and I love every single thing about this mod except controlling the additional thralls. Haha. If that gets updated/addressed, I’ll have literally no complaints to be said! Thanks!
Hi, sorry I must be missing something obvious … can’t see how to set a thrall as ‘base game follower’ so have had to (temporarily) disable the mod as I can’t command my thrall. Pressing ‘E’ does nothing.
The base game follower is the one you bound with the white follow icon. The green follow icon is from the mod. You can only command the “white” follower with the base game. Currently, there is no way to command the “green” follower(s). That’s currently intended and will maybe change in the future.
So if you leave the “white” follower slot empty, the whole command system will not work.
Therefore, the following rules apply:
1 follower => always use the base game slot (white icon)
2+ followers => start with the base game slot (white icon) and afterwards fill the mod slots (green icon) with the rest of your gang
Can clarification be given for where the XP sharing is located? Currently running on v1.9.14 and under the mod settings the only options are General, warcry, and force truncheon. The general only has hide keybind for an option, Warcry only has the option to remap the button, and force truncheon has the toggle for having the followers user a truncheon when the player does.
xp settings are server settings and therefore require the admin role
Não há como liberar o compartilhamento de XP entre lacaios seguidores, no modo single player? Só estão disponíveis o General, warcry e force truncheon.
Open the mod settings with the admin role enabled and you will see more options
Hi, could you add a function that we have a list of all the thrall, and able to select thrall from the list to follow? and also set their engagement tactic etc from the list? ty.
For suggestions please join my Discord server. The comments section of the site is not suitable for this.
https://discord.gg/2zQuN9F
Hello, is there a way to order thralls to attack a target, like in Ark?
Only the command system of the base game. No other options for additional followers from the mod. Therefore, always use the base slot, and only then put the additional thralls in the additional slots of the mod. So you can give your base follower an attack command and the additional followers will attack with it. For the other commands this does not work.
When I give the thrall command to attack something, in the middle of the battle the game crashes and displays a fatal error message. This happens most of the time especially when there is a Hyena in the group. Could you help me please? This mod was everything I wanted most. Thanks!
Bugreports please only via my discord server. The comment section here is not suitable for bugreports. Thank you!
https://discord.gg/2zQuN9F
Hi, How do I set the mod so additional followers can gain exp? I’ve been on the admin panel and I don’t see an option to turn it on since you have it set to default which is off.
The settings are in the mod settings and require admin rights to view or change. A description of how to open these settings can be found above. If you have problems with the description, I recommend to join my Discord server to get more support:
https://discord.gg/2zQuN9F
hi, i’m not sure how to pick up a thrall? the description says you can, but it doesn’t come up in the radial menu regardless of whether they’re following me or standing guard
Check the mod settings. It’s off by default
绿色按钮不小心被我按没了，怎么能让他再次出现
see “How do I open the mod settings?” and re-activate the button in the section “General”
I hid the menu in the inventory and I don’t know how to make it appear anymore
In “How do I open the mod settings?” you will find instructions on how to open the mod settings. The configuration of the button is in the section “General”.
I need to enter a command to display the menu button again, but I am not a server administrator. What should I do?
you don’t have to be an admin for the command
Hello somehow i can’t make the “Force Truncheon (Following Thralls will always try to use the same weapon type (lethal/non-lethal) as the player.)” feature work.
I tried giving them a one handed sword and truncheon in their inventory (me too) but they always use the Sword even tho i’m using the trunch.
See “I want to report a bug? Where do I do that?” above.
How do I increase the number of followers to more than 3?
Open the mod settings as admin (see How do I open the mod settings? above) and change the follower setting
for me i did this but it refuses to go above 3 followers
Same here.
If you have MCP installed, do not use it for Better Thralls. Follow the instructions above.
If you have MCP installed, do not use it for Better Thralls. Follow the instructions above.
Thank you for this mod, makes the game even better!
Bonjour
Lorsque je souhaite mettre un animal ou esclave dans mon inventaire il me dis que son level va être remis a zéro. Est ce normal ? Merci d’avance
yes it is
eu tenho o conan pela game pass e queria saber como faço parta instala esse mod
Just like any other mod. Instructions are available directly from funcom: https://forums.funcom.com/t/mods-on-microsoft-store-pc-and-how-to-install-them/168411
The latest version of my mods can be found here: https://testerle.net/mod-downloads/
Hello,
Would it be possible to add the non-collision feature? Because sometimes we are stuck without being able to do anything 🙂
Thanks a lot
Use “go away” from the warcry radial menu if your followers block you.
All options in hud menu missing since update today? Green add to Thrall to follow etc.
the green follow icon is no longer needed. you can use the white one from the base game for all followers
Where is the green “follow” button I saw in these videos?
The button no longer exists. The additional followers are now also recruited via the white “follow” button.
Hello, This work on Singleplayer But NOT on Server, on My Server same settings Singleplayer on Server Not Work, the Follow Command !!! ???
Hello thanks for your mod but i have a big problemas soon as I select a second thrall, the first thrall quits and I only have one thrall left. Even in the war party, only one thrall follows me, I’ve tried it with 10 thralls and 3 party settings, but we always only follow one thrall
Hallo, clarification (apologies if I missed this) on the follower / reg sorcery followers.
Currently can have 3 zombies following, with this mod enabled, is it recommended to *not* use the Sorcery pets whilst wanting to utilize the additional followers provided by this mod?
I did see the text in your description / admin panel “Currently, only the *warrior* group is supported. These are primarily human thralls and most pets. No zombies, undeads or demons summoned by sorcery!” but this is unclear to mineself insomuch as you can’t utilize these for the additional followers, or *at all* when going over more than the base / standard follower limit.
I hope this makes sense and thank you for your hardwork! I sent you a little java money.
I’m sorry to say that I don’t understand the question. Probably it’s easier to join my Discord server and we’ll clarify any questions directly.
https://discord.gg/2zQuN9F
We are running an RP server and are having an issue with folks that use Geforce to play via cloud. Is there a way to implement a server setting to change the keybind for war cry because it is the default PTT? This is strictly a quality-of-life thing so I understand if not.
A server-wide keybinding would make relatively little sense, but an individual keybinding for the warcry menu has always existed. The players only have to take a look at the mod settings. There they can set any key for the warcry menu.
Yea, I know how to change it individually. It also makes little sense to make the default keybind for war cry a key bind that is already used. Thank you for your time though.
It’s not, at least not in the default settings of my game (or has something changed there?), and that’s all I can take into account. For everything else, there is the individual key binding.
Question regarding the Max Thrall Level..
does this only apply to newly converted thralls or to all thralls once applied? it appears that thralls are stuck at max level of 20 currently, even though I have it set to 50.
Better Thralls does not change the maximum level of thralls. The only “max level” setting that exists in this mod refers to the level that a thrall that is “not following” a player can reach when it kills npcs on its own. So if you can set a higher value than 20, then you have another mod in your list that increases the max level of thralls. But if your thralls don’t level higher than 20, then the other mod has a problem and not Better Thralls.
How does the feature work to give a thrall to carry an unconscious enemy?
Can maxvalue exceed 10
No and I do not plan to increase this value. 10 additional followers are often more than the own computer or the server can handle. The idea of roaming the world with an army of thralls is tempting, but at 5 fps it doesn’t really make sense.
it seem like the force truncheon function is not working after the new weapon animation patch 454469-36114.. they will still follow the player to draw out the truncheon but their weapon still seem to be display at their back or side.. so once after a few secs of holding the truncheon they will put the truncheon back and after that they will just draw their weapon and continue on with it even if the player character is still holding on to his/her truncheon
parts of it are known and other parts are not a mod problem. details can be found on my discord: https://discord.gg/2zQuN9F
darn.. seem like the force truncheon is going away now.. it’s ashamed cause it’s a great features for not requiring to go and switch my thrall’s weapons to truncheon manually.. which now seem to be what we are going to do in the future..