I have rented a 10 person server from Gportal, I have NEVER done this before. I am not a newbie to computers or gaming. So, I would like to get some feedback on how to configure the server for PVE only.
More to the point, how do I setup the environment so that the server is populated with NPC’s that the player is playing against the computer. I have yet to figure this out with all the settings that are there from GPortal.
I have searched numerous times and have found nothing that even touches this subject. So, I would appreciate some information or suggestions
Most of what you need can be done ingame after you login to the server. In G-Portal’s configuration there should be a way to setup an admin password. This is used when you enter the console (~-key in game, also known as tilde, the key to the left of 1 on the number row). You then use the command makemeadmin with a space and then the password. So if your admin password is say potato then it would look like:
makemeadmin potato
Admin password is different than the server password.
Need more explanation on this. If you mean NPCs such as monsters, animals, and thalls. It works out of the box. If you mean custom quests and such, then you need the Pippi mod installed, I recommend going to their workshop page in steam and finding their discord link.
Hopefully some of this helps.
Though I am going to recommend once your period of time with G-Portal is up, to actually consider making a switch to something other than G-portal. G-Portal doesn’t use TCAdmin which is what most server hosts have and you’re very much likely to get better information from others who use it. I personally haven’t use G-portal in over a year so I can’t give specific help there.
I’ve personally had good luck with Serverblend and GTX Gaming for Conan Exiles. I’ve seen Pingperfect and Low.ms for other games do alright, but haven’t used them myself.
Here’s my honest opinion of G-Portal. Its ‘fine’ without mods and for 10-20 players. But using mods or going larger is a bad idea. They don’t update mods very well. However their customer service seemed to be fine when I last used them.
do they work with the steam version of exiles and are there any special needs for the other providers. What is the advantage to using TCAdmin verses the GPortal.
They all use the Steam version of the dedicated server software. TCAdmin is a web interface that allows you to do various things with your server such as install mods, start and stop server, view logs, change configs and what not. I believe it is used for multiple games as I’ve seen similar stuff used for games like Space Engineers and Valheim. Its not as user friendly as G-Portals, but gives a greater control and in my experience doesn’t bug out as much.
Thanks but I am not really hosting any large amount of players or mods for that matter. More for me and a few friends that play Conan. My concern was with the game setup for PVE, if as you say the game itself has that configured, at this point I am really not thinking about any other servers. If it gets to the point that the issues you have stated become not only noticeable but interfering with game play then I will take your advice and move to another provider.
At this point I am still getting my feet wet on the admin side of the server and game. I am a newbie to this kid of gaming. Thanks again for the information and I will keep all your suggestions close at hand
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