Better Thralls – Q&A

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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 in case you have disabled the configuration button:

DataCmd BetterThralls

Regardless of the role (admin or player), the configuration opens in “player” mode.

For the server settings, you first have to make yourself admin (“Make Me Admin”-button in the server settings of the game), and then switch to admin mode in the Better Thralls configuration.

You will find the toggle button in the lower left corner when you are in admin mode.
 
configuration – mode toggle – admin mode

ModControlPanel is no longer supported due to its limited capabilities.

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 activated
    If additional followers are set to 0, the feature is deactivated.
  • Pre-condition “War Party” is activated but not fulfilled
    If the pre-condition feature is activated, then the player must invest 20 points in authority and then also select “War Party” there. Without this perk, no additional followers are available.
  • The thrall types do not like each other
    Since patch 3.0 (Age of Sorcery) of the game, there are different thrall groups and not every group wants to travel together with every other group. This is not a restriction of the mod and there are currently no plans to remove this restriction by mod!
  • 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. Not usable are zombies, undead and possibly thralls from mods, depending on which group they were 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    If you get this message, then you should urgently check your mod list for outdated mods. Since patch 3.0 (Age of Sorcery), every thrall type must belong to a thrall group. Mod specific thralls that have not been updated are therefore no longer usable as followers. This is a problem of the mod implementing the new thrall and not a base game or Better Thralls problem.
    Mods that unknowingly overwrite thrall data with an old state are also a problem.
    Mods that lead to the described problem:
    LTs Farming (last update: 11-2020) – Solution: remove the mod. There will probably be no further 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 go through the discord server. Only there, it is possible to deal with bug reports in detail.

Testerles Conan Exiles Mods

Definitely not suitable for bug reports: the comment area at the end 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 this effort.

Most parts of the mod are configurable and can be activated/deactivated as admin and/or player. If you miss a setting, you are welcome to make a suggestion. The best place for 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?

55 Responses

    • TesterleAuthor

      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

      • Warlockly

        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!

      • Karl

        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.

        • TesterleAuthor

          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

  2. BillFarkly

    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.

  3. gl7

    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.

    • TesterleAuthor

      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.

  5. Caio

    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!

  6. Vivian

    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.

    • TesterleAuthor

      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

  7. Swan Song

    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

    • TesterleAuthor

      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”.

  11. Paolini

    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.

  14. mccalum

    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

  18. Squischi

    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 !!! ???

  19. satyrus

    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

  20. The Frey®

    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.

  21. TrappHD

    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.

    • TesterleAuthor

      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.

      • TrappHD

        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.

        • TesterleAuthor

          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.

  22. Maveric044

    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.

    • TesterleAuthor

      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.

    • TesterleAuthor

      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.

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