Greetings, how can NPCs be made to work?

Hello, how long does it take for dead NPCs to respawn?

How do I get NPC's to work and how to I make city funds?

@kiwiboys --- Any chance of getting rest of city upgrade updates ? loving this mod so far an would like to have the chance to fully use it on all our Dino Empier Cluster servers ,PLEASE an thank you

@Bluetail
I would not get your hopes up. ARK: Survival Ascended has already been released. I suspect many players and modders have moved on. And it's only a matter of months until Ark 2 gets released.

It's clear this ArkSettlements mod was ambitious, a huge undertaking and the author bit off more than could be chewed. Getting a mod like this to work alongside an NPC mod would be even more ambitious.

Would love to see a project like this, revitalized, it seems promising, pair it with a mod that adds random human AI to the mix and you got something interesting.

I was hoping this mod would go further it had so much potential. Sad that its ended :-(

u can get to dobie house but that is it

is there a admin command to give yourself city currency?

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The only fun thing about having this mod at the moment is having a city exclusively, that is, the author's initial proposal. The upgrade stages only got to the first one. The npcs don't do anything at the moment, they just walk around. The shop is not active yet. It's fun to have a city, in addition to being beautiful despite having only managed to get a thatched house. However, there is no benefit so far or I haven't learned how to obtain it yet. It's a great mod, a very cool proposal, but as it says in the description, the author didn't have time to continue and the mod is stopped. I didn't see incompatibility, including, I'm using Humans NPCs together.

A única graça de ter esse mod no momento é de ter uma cidade exclusivamente, ou seja, a proposta inicial do autor. Os estágios de upgrade só consegui até o primeiro. Os npcs não fazem nada de momento, apenas ficam andando. O shop não está ativo ainda. É divertido pra se ter cidade, além de ser bonito apesar de só ter conseguido casa de palha. No entanto, não se tem benefício nenhum até o momento ou ainda não aprendi como se obter. É um grande mod, uma proposta muito legal, mas como diz na descrição, o autor não teve tempo de dar continuidade e o mod está parado. Não vi incompatibilidade, inclusive, estou usando Humans NPCs junto.

This work well with Simple Humans ? Or it have any humans on this mod ?

I was very weirded out about how the structures are all pre-made. I placed in the town hall and was baffled that it just automatically builds an entire building instantly. I'm sure someone put a lot of effort into this but I really didn't like this design choice. Perhaps I can go into the files and attempt to find a work-around myself.

@Thungercraft, thank you for your response. I will check that mod out (see you did put that below me, sorry). Hoping Ark2 has some NPC/AI. I assume it will since I heard something about an enemy tribe, but I dont know.

@mjdecker123
AFAIK, Human NPCs is, currently, the only NPC mod for Ark still being developed (or not abandoned). Though, it sounds like it might have inherited some things from the now discontinued "Primal NPCs" mod.

In the mods that dont work together discussion (see above comment section), at the bottom the author answers a question about "compatibility with Primal NPC". The answer: "...they won't be able to interact with the plots themselves they will just see the plot as more of an obstacle and try to go around it".

I assume this means that, currently, NPC mods may not conflict (i.e., break things), but nor will such NPCs be able to interact properly with many things in this mod because they were not designed to.

Does anyone know of npc mods then? or what to use this one with (to continue the old conversation lol sorry)

I do hope it does get continued some day down the line. If it does, may I suggest that it may be easier to rely on the NPC element of this ambitious mod project through requiring an NPC mod such as Human NPCs (still being developed, with the last update in May 2022)?

@Xenofang This Mod has NPC but they are pretty dumb and run in to the water, I never got around to giving them a proper AI. I no longer work on the mod but it has been open sourced, The link to it was in the Discussions tab.

@mjdecker123 Nope Ark never had any NPCs for humans only the models for actual players exist so no AI most human mods are based on the raptor AI as they can jump etc with human animations patched in. Hopefully Ark 2 will have them but it could be a totally different game more story based rather than sandbox.

I do wish I could of finished this mod and maybe I will one day when I get free time again.

@Xenofang, does the game even have npc in general?

This might be a dumb questions, but does this mod come with its own npcs, or do you need to use an npc mod alongside this one?

funds*

cant figure out how to use it cant get city fund people materials i cant figure out anything

Just tried out this mod for the first time and I love what's there so far. Looking forward to future updates. I do have a couple of questions though; some of the structures appear to be missing some access features, stairs, ladders etc. and reloading the city doesn't fix it, is this a bug or intentional? The tailor refuses to upgrade past wood but it doesn't say why, it just says it can't upgrade any further, did I do something wrong or is that deliberate? The furniture and lifts aren't interactable, that's not an issue or anything, just wondering if they're supposed to be. Again, I am loving this mod and am eager to see where it goes next.

is their option just for the menus of the stores etc i like to build my own buildings kinda like fallout 4? just the mailbox thing and a happy npc emote man'

its been a year+ since a update any projections?

it's working in the latest versions of ark? know issues?

@GUS_CHIGGINZ I posted a new discussion but I'll Pin it for ya. Its open sourced and has a link to the git hub

would you be willing to open source this? :)

@Agonos Oh it wasn't supposed to be an attack or anything, Sorry if it came out a little aggressive that wasn't my intent, I recently started my own game studio so I'm now focused on that, Modding was great but this is a whole new level there's a lot of factors to learn like how to pay business tax's, how to run a company along side working with a team. Its called Transformative games limited If you ever wanted to see what I was up to.

It's your time, your life. You manage it as you can and want. I just asked if a command is implemented to get the result I want. Thank you already for taking the time to answer and I take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year.

I haven't worked on this mod in over a year or so, I did have a system like that half done but don't think it's implemented. I want to update it but finding the time it hard due to work on projects of my own.

Hello. Already I love the box idea of this mod. Then I found another handy use for admins. This mod also allows you to create mini villages for hostile NPCs. But is there a way for an admin to earn money from an order? This would allow him to quickly upgrade the village. Thank you and above all, thank you again @kiwiboys

will this mod be updated or is dead?

hey kiwi when i start the settlent and place food plots down it doesnt recognise that ive placed them, even when i reload city at town hall?

is there a way to get the city hud to go away

i have a problem that my interface doesn't show the population and money and i can't use the warehouse, i playing server not host, how can i fix it?

does this work with structures plus? Any know mods that wont work with this? I have couple dozens mods i use. So wondering about compatibility.

I'm really looking forward to watching the development of this mod. I only play single player, but really wanted to have a town with people in it and after trying a few different npc mods, I found this one. I've started a beginner city and I have to say, I love it! The designs of the plots are really nice so far, and I'm looking forward to the upgrades to the citizens. Amazing work here, and I hope to see it continue! <3

I have this downloaded and trying to find out what each building does and what we can interact with, plus is there anyway to interact with the npc...

is this a map

any console command for this since it seems like none of this works or the UI updates anything?

so yea guess npcs humans that spawn in are on wander. but are they needed or does the town hall more less see the plots instead and npcs are like the visualization of the plots working.

I like the look of this :eyes: i love colony sims in my sandbox games. sounds like there's some problems with it by the comments, though?

Hey kiwi. I tried to force reload the city like you mentioned. Didn't seem to work. Tried to do it a couple of times. I only managed to place 1 residential prior to the update breaking your mod but i think it also messed up the npc spawns. 1 have 1 residential plot (but it says 3 homes in the city stat block) but no npcs have spawned yet so no funds are being made.

actually... No i didnt. I'll give it a shot today when my buddy gets on and starts the server. I know you mentioned slowing down on this so sorry to drag you back in but i appreciate the response buddy. Definitely loving the mod. 10/10 for all your hard work.

Hmm have you tried the city reload option on the city hall. I'll need to re-download ark and the dev kit,

Hey Kiwi, sorry to bother you again. I think the latest ark update did something to your mod. just went to the new version (326.13 or .16, can't remember) but now it doesn't let you upgrade buildings. I tried placing a few residential plots down and it make the noise that confirms the upgrade plot selection but doesn't actually build. Tried making a new barracks as well and had the same problem. Any ideas on a quick fix?

Currently testing the mod, and I found out that the ui for the shop(s) show the items prices as 0 and the image for them just a white square, is there any known fix for this?

Thanks for the Support. Really appreciate people playing and enjoying the mod, Looks like I might need to work On my own AI for the NPCs and put a couple patches in for the stores. Updates on this mod are actually pretty slow right now as I have mostly move on to other projects and games of my own, although I do intend on finishing Off this mod as most of it's already done. I think its best to scope back a few ideas that I originally had for it and get it finished That way when I do return I can do surprise updates. but seeing as ARK 2 might be coming in a year or so I could and depending on how similar the games code base is I might be able to re build the mod on there later down the track.

Hey man. Let me start by staying im not one to leave comments. Never was my thing. That said, this mod deserves a comment. I played ark like crazy on Xbox and pc to the point where I kinda burned myself out. I decided to reinstall after 2 years and this mod is single handedly giving me a reason to keep playing. It's nice have a goal other then tame more dinos. Keep up the great work bud. We all appreciate it. Ill leave you with a few notes based on my experience so far.