Barbarians not spawning in dedicated server

[Legz]

Hi Engineers!

I was wondering if someone could shed a light to my situation. I have configured a dedicated server using steam and although i have set hostile AI true, there is no mention of barbarians in the options. they are definately not spawning. Deer are spawning ok. After a search i found the string <EnableBarbarians>true</EnableBarbarians> which should in theory get them spawning. This line doesnt exist in the config file but after adding this line to the file and starting the server it saves over the cfg. and when i check the file, the line has been removed. I also checked the sandbox file and enable barbarians doesnt exist. I have tried to kill deer to rebalance but no result. I have tried forcing the line by editing the file and running the console argument to bypass instances, but this causes the server to fail loading the world saying its on a new or different branch and cannot load.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[B1ackBoX]

when in game on your servr, hit Alt+F10, and on the menu that opens, the drop down list should be by default selected Characters, then click on the next button to "scroll through", and the view will give you 3rd person view of any npc deer and barbarian around were you are (and any other player character close by)

[Legz]

Thanks for your advice, I have cycled through the characters and there is only deer and player characters no barbarians. I stayed in t the server, building random things for 10 mins but only cycles 3 deer and myself in the alt+f10 menu

[k]

Hello Legz,

barbarians are not spawning everywhere. They are not spawning around the safe area.
They are being spawned based on player's location, so if you go further from safe area, they should start spawning.

Let me know if this issue has been solved for you.

[Kitsuka]

I have not seen any barbarians in may current game either. I have noticed though that there is a differance in the SANDBOX_0_0_0_.sbs files (located in the same location as the sandbox.sbc file) between the games that have barbarians and don't. In the games where I do not see barbarians the .sbs file is much sorter and missing barbarian related entries that are present when I do see barbarians in the game.

[k]

I have started DS, joined it, fasttravelled far from safe area, built claimblock, built palisades around, waited for 10 minutes and barbarians appeared.
Barbarians wont spawn when you build near safe area.

[Legz]

@Kejn
Hi Kejn, thanks for the advise. I have tried this with no result im affraid :( I took a random region and built several blocks until the icon appeared on the map (the little castle one) and waited for 10 mins, even killed a few deer to see if that helped with the balance, but after this time i used the medieval master tool to cycle characters, and it only ever shows around 12 deer and my character. I figure it maybe something to do with the server configuration :/ im a noob to medieval engineers, but i have configured counterstrike servers way back in the past, so i have a fair understanding, i just cant seem to figure it out :'(

@Kitsuka
Thanks for the reply Kitsuka! It seems you have the same idea in relation to my issue. Hopefully if I manage to resolve it, I will share my findings with you. I tried editing both the cfg and the sandbox file to include the string <EnableBarbarians>true</Enable Barbarians> and force start the server (because save/start removes the string) but this failed unfortunately

[k]

Hi Legz,

can you please share the world with me ? I will be able to find out where is the problem that way :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=399690642

[Legz]

Hi Kejn,

I think i resolved the i ssue. Firstly I was unable to publish the world as it was not showing in the load world section. After a headscratch I copied my save from appdata/roaming/dedicated/saves/... to the appdata/roaming/medievalengineers/saves/(steamid)/...and then it was found in the load world selection.

I was curious to see if there was any difference if i ran the save here instead of with the server console. To my suprise when i loaded, the castle icon is showing already on the map where I have been building. (this keeps dissapearing when i run server) and shortly after, barbarians decided to spawn. I saved the game and copied it back to the server and now they are spawning correctly. although the castle icons on the map have gone.

Many thanks for the support and good look in the future of the development of this incredible idea of a buildig game.

[k]

ok thanks for the info Legz,

happy to help.