Dino Agression settings

[TimeDrawsNigh]

Was looking at the settings for the dinos and I can't quite figure out how to set my dinos to attack people who enter a fenced off area that aren't in my tribe. Any thoughts?

[glaphen]

If they are in the fenced off area then aggressive.

[Serverpirat]

If not fenced you should choose "defend". Better is the fence or players will lure you base defending pets away into strong wild dinos who kill them.

Hopefully the devs will bring something like "maximum chasing range" "agressive only on players" or "base defending stance" with buffed movement speed to outrun these griefers.

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[Syncronocity]

My suggestion, while dino-intensive, works. You need the following things:
1: Dinos who'll act as "guard dogs"
2: A saddled dinosaur who will act as the "leash"

Get on your saddled "leash" dinosaur and hit J to make your guards follow it.
Set your "leash" to passive and make him (or her) stay put wherever.
Set your guards to aggressive.

Now they'll go after anything in range while returning to their leash point after making the kill or simply going too far, say someone trying to lure your dinos from your base. Takes a lot of setup but it works wonders until they implement a "guard here" command for dinos. I'd also recommend you make sure your guard dogs are well levelled and self-sufficient while putting all your non combat pets behind walls on passive or neutral.

Neutral dinos can get lured off easily however, while passives just sit there and take it. It's upto you. On my friend's D-server we've got a rex and a stego leashed to a trike outside, and everyone inside the walls is on neutral. Two-tiered defense with no wandering off.

[qlolp]

Originally posted by Syncronocity:

My suggestion, while dino-intensive, works. You need the following things:
1: Dinos who'll act as "guard dogs"
2: A saddled dinosaur who will act as the "leash"

Get on your saddled "leash" dinosaur and hit J to make your guards follow it.
Set your "leash" to passive and make him (or her) stay put wherever.
Set your guards to aggressive.

Now they'll go after anything in range while returning to their leash point after making the kill or simply going too far, say someone trying to lure your dinos from your base. Takes a lot of setup but it works wonders until they implement a "guard here" command for dinos. I'd also recommend you make sure your guard dogs are well levelled and self-sufficient while putting all your non combat pets behind walls on passive or neutral.

Neutral dinos can get lured off easily however, while passives just sit there and take it. It's upto you. On my friend's D-server we've got a rex and a stego leashed to a trike outside, and everyone inside the walls is on neutral. Two-tiered defense with no wandering off.

hey man nice advice. one question: does it work if you're not there? do the dogs still bind to the "leash" after you jump off?

[Alciya Dragonash]

i like the leash idea! though i would also like to see dinos not set to follow have a small radius that they mill aroudn in, just for a little more immersion... seeing them stanting there all statuelike is just kinda odd...

[Syncronocity]

Yup. I tested it by uploading my current character, making a new one, and paying a visit. I was promptly eaten of course...bastards are fast. But Since the guards are leashed to a dino who's still there on passive, and the dinos never log out, it's safe to say it's a persistent "fix" until there's something official.