I have found out how to tame prisoners - no mods!!!!!

[DIAZ]

So i accidently found out if you set the prisoner/s free and walk outside your base (wait a few seconds) they thank you for setting them free and they join your squad! (i let their hunger bar drop quiet alot before setting them free) please share and most of all enjoy! (i play with no mods)

[Hellstorm901]

That seems like a glitch but quite a useful one.

Seems like when you take a person prisoner their AI is being set to the same as if an NPC took them prison and when you free them the game assumes you are a hero setting them free from a slaver and thar particular AI is then kicking in.

No other reason for why a guy you just held prisoner should want to join you off the bat.

Although I guess you can RP it and say its stockholm synfrome kicking in.

Devs probably need to make the game recognise a slave being set free and a person you took prisoner being set free and introduce a system to account for that i.e. when you set a person free who you took prisoner then you should get a good rep with the faction they belong to depending on how you treat them kinda like how Rimworld does things.

[BigRowdy]

Originally posted by DIAZ:

So i accidently found out if you set the prisoner/s free and walk outside your base (wait a few seconds) they thank you for setting them free and they join your squad! (i let their hunger bar drop quiet alot before setting them free) please share and most of all enjoy! (i play with no mods)

This is WAD unless it happens 100% of the time. To each his own but I personaly could not play w/out mods....

[DIAZ]

I made a video so you guys can see how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-miLBd29TnU

[Tommygun]

Nice, but I suspect the Devs will correct this in the next update or later. I'll play around with this tonight with Grass Pirates.

[Temper]

The whole recruit prisoner thing seems broken atm.I watched a streamer on twitch use the old ""drop at slavers and then free them"" trick to gain a an 80+ skill Skeleton recruit ... just the other night.

[Mister Oogway]

Originally posted by Temper:

The whole recruit prisoner thing seems broken atm.I watched a streamer on twitch use the old ""drop at slavers and then free them"" trick to gain a an 80+ skill Skeleton recruit ... just the other night.

Broken or "fixed." Tried this exploit as well yesterday and it no longer works. Maybe there's a check now if you drop them inside a slaver shop?

[DIAZ]

You dump them in the cage wait till the hunger drops then take them out and wait for the dialogue

Originally posted by anielrebirth:

Originally posted by Temper:

The whole recruit prisoner thing seems broken atm.I watched a streamer on twitch use the old ""drop at slavers and then free them"" trick to gain a an 80+ skill Skeleton recruit ... just the other night.

Broken or "fixed." Tried this exploit as well yesterday and it no longer works. Maybe there's a check now if you drop them inside a slaver shop?

[Zen]

I released a prisoner dusk bandit that was held in an npc town, i didnt put him into the cage, he was captured by the npc guards. After unlocking the cage, he ran out with me and joined me after leaving the town. Is this case intended or a bug?

[Temper]

Originally posted by Zen:

I released a prisoner dusk bandit that was held in an npc town, i didnt put him into the cage, he was captured by the npc guards. After unlocking the cage, he ran out with me and joined me after leaving the town. Is this case intended or a bug?

Intended

The blocks on freed prisoners joining the player are,when working

1/ No high level NPCs
2/ No join option if the plaayer caged them or turned them in
3/ Not completely hostile to the player faction
4/ The player faction is full (vanilla: 30/30)

To add: Not all NPCs have access to the join player faction AI either.

[Zen]

Originally posted by Temper:

1/ No high level NPCs
2/ No join option if the plaayer caged them or turned them in
3/ Not completely hostile to the player faction
4/ The player faction is full (vanilla: 30/30)

Thanks!
two more questions:
At what point is an NPC considered high level?
And at what point starts the completely hostile?

[Temper]

Originally posted by Zen:

Thanks!
two more questions:
At what point is an NPC considered high level?

Good question,which I'm not entirely certain the answer as most of my recruits were Escaped Holy Nation Servants (Holy Nation Outlaws),who can top out on spawn at high teen combat skill levels.

Edit: I do remember pulling a Berserker off a cannibal pole and having her join my squad once.Combat skill levels in the 20/30s iirc.

Originally posted by Zen:

And at what point starts the completely hostile?

Factions like Frogmen and Cannonballs (fogmen&cannibals lol),the join player faction shouldn't be available to them at all in a vanilla install.

[Zen]

Originally posted by Temper:

Factions like Frogmen and Cannonballs (fogmen&cannibals lol),the join player faction shouldn't be available to them at all in a vanilla install.

Do i have to worry after getting -100 to dusk bandits that there is no way anymore to recruit them?

I found some Yubuta bandits and they seem to have -100 after first contact, means they wont be recruitable right? (i bet they are to strong anyways)

[Temper]

Originally posted by Zen:

Do i have to worry after getting -100 to dusk bandits that there is no way anymore to recruit them?

Hard to say currently,you'll have to test.

Buying their freedom from jail or releasing them from cannibal/fogmen poles sometimes had them follow the player but they still remained hostile and fellow squad members would attack them without being able to damage them because they were also flagged as allies while in the follow state.Sometimes they followed and joined without being hostile even though the dust bandit faction was in hate mode.

You'll just have to test it out as different versions of the game have all had different bugs/glitches/quirks when it comes to recruiting slaves/prisoners/dinner.

Originally posted by Zen:

I found some Yubuta bandits and they seem to have -100 after first contact, means they wont be recruitable right? (i bet they are to strong anyways)

You'll need to test it out and share your findings.I hear through the grape vine that it's possible Yabuta bandits may have related additional interaction beyond just hated enemy bandit faction for the player. (purely rumor)

I'm not much help sorry,really need to find the time to play more extensively again. hahaha

[Zen]

Thanks a lot for your help

[Temper]

Originally posted by anielrebirth:

Originally posted by Temper:

The whole recruit prisoner thing seems broken atm.I watched a streamer on twitch use the old ""drop at slavers and then free them"" trick to gain a an 80+ skill Skeleton recruit ... just the other night.

Broken or "fixed." Tried this exploit as well yesterday and it no longer works. Maybe there's a check now if you drop them inside a slaver shop?

It had the tech hunter faction iirc,so wasn't broken.