Mar 2, 2017
Conan Exiles - Community Manager (Andy B)
A new patch is out! Please restart your games and update your servers to make sure you're on the latest version.

Changelog:

NOTE:
Graphical materials and textures were re-calculated in this build, which will result in a large download size (~14gb). We apologize for the inconvenience.

ON SERVER DISCONNECTS:
We have identified and potentially resolved an issue causing players to get disconnected from Gameservers.com servers when creating characters or interacting with objects. Please read more HERE

TL;DR (Patch Highlights)
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer jump on top of exploding jars -not without consequences that is...
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer repeatedly harvest your own body
  • EXPLOIT TEMPFIX: Temporarily disabled the pike alternate attack while we fix the exploit
  • Item names and item descriptions localizations are fixed
  • Servers should now startup faster
  • Asian servers are now running on hardware located in Asia. The game databases have been transferred over so the only change should be
  • improved latency / lower ping for Asian players
  • Added region-specific button for renting game servers from our preferred partner G-portal for Europe, Russia and Asia

Server Settings
  • Added ability to restrict PvP time on a server
  • Added ability to set start time, end time and specific days for when PvP is enabled on a server
  • Added ability to restrict when players may damage buildings owned by other players
  • Added ability to set start time, end time and specific days for when players may damage the buildings owned by other players
  • Added ability to restrict avatar summoning on a server
  • Added ability to set start time, end time and specific days for when avatars can be summoned
  • Added ability to modify damage caused by NPCs
  • Added ability to modify damage caused by players

Server Browser
  • Last played server is sorted to the top of the serverlist
  • Favorite servers are now marked with a star in front to more easily distinguish them
  • Official servers are sorted to the top when using the "internet" filter
  • Playercount now sorts by current players first and max players second
  • Added region-specific button for renting game servers from our preferred partner G-portal for Europe, Russia and Asia
  • Show Invalid Servers should no longer get situations where it hides valid servers
  • Valid servers can no longer be shown incorrectly as invalid

Performance and Tech Fixes
  • Servers should now startup faster
  • Game client memory optimizations
  • Fixed crashes related to server startup
  • Possible fix for an issue with server startup that could result in server wipes. Please let us know if this issue persists!

General Bug Fixes and Improvements
  • You can now partially repair buildings if you don't have all the different ingredient types
  • Placeables can now auto-align with the ground if you press the middle-mouse button. This will be rebindable in the next patch (see Known Issues)
  • It should now be possible to destroy Mitra and Set altars again
  • Add stronger hit confirm to arrow hits, both to object hit and to crosshair
  • Crossbows should now fire properly
  • Captured Thralls should now spawn once again
  • Relic rocks in starting desert now have collision
  • Added item icons to the ingame cheat menu as well as highlighting on the currently selected item

Balance and Gameplay Fixes
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer jump on top of exploding jars -not without consequences that is...
  • Fixed more issues where accessing underwater corpses was not possible
  • Fixed some issues with Explosive Jar damage to buildings. Some pieces would block damage weirdly, and you could have the wrong pieces taking damage or being destroyed.
  • Wells should no longer block building around them
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer repeatedly harvest your own body
  • EXPLOIT TEMPFIX: Temporarily disabled the pike alternate attack while we fix the exploit

Text and Localization
  • New Dialogues and Translations
  • Add Subtitles to all Voiced Lore objects in the game
  • Item names and item descriptions localizations are fixed

Visual Improvements
  • Added two new female hairstyles
  • Added one new male hairstyle
  • Fixed various floating rocks and grass issues
  • Tweaked size of fiber bed and added a destructible mesh
  • Added missing weapon trails for certain weapons
  • Various tweaks to river volumes

Known Issues
  • Newly added binds or redefined default binds from us will not be updated if a player has changed their default keybindings. They have to delete their Input.ini to get the new bindings. We're working on a fix for this issue.
  • You can get a female player characters with male voices. This is fixed in the next patch.
  • Some players are unable to build shrines in single-player mode
  • NPCs can sometimes chase players into the water.
Mar 2, 2017
Conan Exiles - Andy B - Community Manager
A new patch is out! Please restart your games and update your servers to make sure you're on the latest version.

Changelog:

NOTE:
Graphical materials and textures were re-calculated in this build, which will result in a large download size (~14gb). We apologize for the inconvenience.

ON SERVER DISCONNECTS:
We have identified and potentially resolved an issue causing players to get disconnected from Gameservers.com servers when creating characters or interacting with objects. Please read more HERE

TL;DR (Patch Highlights)
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer jump on top of exploding jars -not without consequences that is...
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer repeatedly harvest your own body
  • EXPLOIT TEMPFIX: Temporarily disabled the pike alternate attack while we fix the exploit
  • Item names and item descriptions localizations are fixed
  • Servers should now startup faster
  • Asian servers are now running on hardware located in Asia. The game databases have been transferred over so the only change should be
  • improved latency / lower ping for Asian players
  • Added region-specific button for renting game servers from our preferred partner G-portal for Europe, Russia and Asia

Server Settings
  • Added ability to restrict PvP time on a server
  • Added ability to set start time, end time and specific days for when PvP is enabled on a server
  • Added ability to restrict when players may damage buildings owned by other players
  • Added ability to set start time, end time and specific days for when players may damage the buildings owned by other players
  • Added ability to restrict avatar summoning on a server
  • Added ability to set start time, end time and specific days for when avatars can be summoned
  • Added ability to modify damage caused by NPCs
  • Added ability to modify damage caused by players

Server Browser
  • Last played server is sorted to the top of the serverlist
  • Favorite servers are now marked with a star in front to more easily distinguish them
  • Official servers are sorted to the top when using the "internet" filter
  • Playercount now sorts by current players first and max players second
  • Added region-specific button for renting game servers from our preferred partner G-portal for Europe, Russia and Asia
  • Show Invalid Servers should no longer get situations where it hides valid servers
  • Valid servers can no longer be shown incorrectly as invalid

Performance and Tech Fixes
  • Servers should now startup faster
  • Game client memory optimizations
  • Fixed crashes related to server startup
  • Possible fix for an issue with server startup that could result in server wipes. Please let us know if this issue persists!

General Bug Fixes and Improvements
  • You can now partially repair buildings if you don't have all the different ingredient types
  • Placeables can now auto-align with the ground if you press the middle-mouse button. This will be rebindable in the next patch (see Known Issues)
  • It should now be possible to destroy Mitra and Set altars again
  • Add stronger hit confirm to arrow hits, both to object hit and to crosshair
  • Crossbows should now fire properly
  • Captured Thralls should now spawn once again
  • Relic rocks in starting desert now have collision
  • Added item icons to the ingame cheat menu as well as highlighting on the currently selected item

Balance and Gameplay Fixes
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer jump on top of exploding jars -not without consequences that is...
  • Fixed more issues where accessing underwater corpses was not possible
  • Fixed some issues with Explosive Jar damage to buildings. Some pieces would block damage weirdly, and you could have the wrong pieces taking damage or being destroyed.
  • Wells should no longer block building around them
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer repeatedly harvest your own body
  • EXPLOIT TEMPFIX: Temporarily disabled the pike alternate attack while we fix the exploit

Text and Localization
  • New Dialogues and Translations
  • Add Subtitles to all Voiced Lore objects in the game
  • Item names and item descriptions localizations are fixed

Visual Improvements
  • Added two new female hairstyles
  • Added one new male hairstyle
  • Fixed various floating rocks and grass issues
  • Tweaked size of fiber bed and added a destructible mesh
  • Added missing weapon trails for certain weapons
  • Various tweaks to river volumes

Known Issues
  • Newly added binds or redefined default binds from us will not be updated if a player has changed their default keybindings. They have to delete their Input.ini to get the new bindings. We're working on a fix for this issue.
  • You can get a female player characters with male voices. This is fixed in the next patch.
  • Some players are unable to build shrines in single-player mode
  • NPCs can sometimes chase players into the water.
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Feb 24, 2017
Conan Exiles - Community Manager (Andy B)
Ever wanted to make your own mark on Conan Exiles? Create your own content or make changes to existing features? Well, now you have the chance with the Conan Exiles Dev Kit!

You can already choose your own experience in Conan Exiles through a host of different server settings, but now you have the opportunity to customize the game to an even greater extent through mods.

Read more from the link below!

Conan Exiles DevBlog
Feb 24, 2017
Conan Exiles - Andy B - Community Manager
Ever wanted to make your own mark on Conan Exiles? Create your own content or make changes to existing features? Well, now you have the chance with the Conan Exiles Dev Kit!

You can already choose your own experience in Conan Exiles through a host of different server settings, but now you have the opportunity to customize the game to an even greater extent through mods.

Read more from the link below!

Conan Exiles DevBlog
Feb 23, 2017
Conan Exiles - Community Manager (Andy B)
A new patch has been released, and it's a big one! Please restart your games and make sure your community servers are updated.

TL;DR (Patch Highlights)
  • Known Issue: Yellow Lotus Potions sometimes have no effect. This will be fixed as quickly as possible, and in the meantime we recommend not using them.
  • EXPLOIT FIX: Players can no longer use building previews to move themselves around
    • This specifically addresses issues with Explosive Jar and Well placement previews
  • EXPLOIT FIX: Players can no longer use chairs to travel great distances
  • EXPLOIT FIX: The crouch/jump "boost" should now be fixed
    • Please get in touch with us if you discover additional instances where jump "boosting" is possible. We understand the impact these issues had on raiding and general basebuilding on PvP servers, and want to make sure this issue is completely eliminated.
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer dismantle Explosive Jars that have already exploded
  • EXPLOIT FIX: Players now respawn immediately upon dying, skipping the death camera
    • This is a temporary measure to prevent players from retaining their gear after dying. A more complete solution will be added in the future.
  • EXPLOIT FIX: Players can no longer walk through walls which have not loaded in yet
  • Fixes for certain server crashes
  • Bows should now fire consistently on dedicated servers
  • Bows should now always consume ammunition
  • NPC archers and Thrall archers can now properly aim
  • Bows should no longer shoot in crazy directions
  • Fixed an issue where thralls would not properly load on server restart
  • Knives are now efficient for harvesting Hide or Thick Hide
  • Made more monsters able to damage structures. Some can even damage T3 buildings!
  • You can now loot corpses under water

Performance and Tech Fixes
  • Fixes for certain server crashes
  • Reduced log spam on dedicated servers
  • Optimized animation blueprints to improve server performance
  • Made several console commands require admin
  • Fixed an issue where thralls would not properly load on server restart

General Bug Fixes and Improvements
  • You can now loot corpses under water
  • You can no longer dismantle Explosive Jars that have already exploded
  • Arrow projectiles are now more visible
  • Players can no longer use chairs to travel great distances
  • Players can no longer walk through walls which have not loaded in yet
  • Players can no longer use building previews to move themselves around
  • Bows should now fire more consistently on dedicated servers
  • Archers across the Exiled Lands have laid off the booze and can now properly aim again
  • Knives are now efficient for harvesting Hide or Thick Hide
  • Placeables now correctly respect the "No Ownership" server setting
  • Drinking from a well now quenches thirst. The future is now.
  • Updated collision for banners and carpets
  • Player now respawns at last bed/bedroll they interacted with
  • Fixed an issue where a test NPCs could be spawned
  • Bows should no longer shoot in crazy directions
  • Fixed an issue with stacksize for items in containers

Balance and Gameplay Fixes
  • Heads are no longer returned when dismantling trophies.
  • Fixed collision on relic rocks in starting area
  • It is no longer possible to build on the shrine west of the river to prevent NPCs from spawning
  • Players can drink while underwater again
  • Players now respawn immediately upon dying, skipping the death camera.
    • This is a temporary change in order to prevent players from retaining gear after death, and a permanent solution will be implemented in the future.
  • Added a short delay before you can harvest a corpse to reduce the chance of accidentally hitting the corpse with a non-optimal tool
  • Players now unequip their weapons when logging in. This fixes a problem with animation states.
  • Bows should now always consume ammunition
  • Fixed a collision issue with the giant spider and rebalanced its attacks
  • Fixed an issue with explosive jars causing camera jitter when colliding with the player in build mode
  • Players can no longer stack placeables
  • Players can no longer abort attacks to increase attack speed
  • Made more monsters able to damage structures. Some can even damage T3 buildings!
  • Bedrolls and beds can only be bound to one character at a time
  • Make beds only have one owner, and show the owner in GUI. If you respawn, the bedroll is prioritized over the bed, so bedrolls can be used for expeditions. Please give us feedback on this change.
  • Players can no longer break the surrender emote by entering combat unarmed
  • Monsters have received unique attacks and can now knock you back
  • The pickaxe now suffers no harvesting penalties and give full resources from trees and rocks
  • You can no longer build in invalid locations if you enter building mode without moving the mouse

Visual Improvements
  • Gazelle now ragdoll properly after death
  • Elephants now ragdoll properly after death
  • Player turn rates and walk rates have been tweaked to fix animation problems
  • Added new equip animations for the fiber rope in 1st and 3rd person
  • Add social animations for the Hyena and Crocodile when they are stationary
  • Various tweaks to armors
  • Various tweaks to the male and female bodies
  • Various tweaks to the male and female heads and hair
  • The Relic Hunters now equip Relic Hunter armor pieces

Text and Localization
  • Added new translations for dialogues, items and user interface
  • Added subtitles to several voice-overs

Mods
  • Fixed an issue where server login would fail if you had too many mods installed

Known Issues
  • We are aware that crossbows still fire inconsistently. We are working on a fix
  • Shrines are currently not able to be placed in singleplayer mode. We are aware of this and will fix that as quickly as possible.
  • Yellow Lotus Potions sometimes have no effect. This will be fixed as quickly as possible, and in the meantime we recommend not using them.
  • Some item names and descriptions are not translated across all languages. Localization is still a work-in-progress and will be fixed soon.
  • Water Wells and Statues of Refreshment cause interference with building placeables nearby. This will be investigated as quickly as possible!

Feb 23, 2017
Conan Exiles - Andy B - Community Manager
A new patch has been released, and it's a big one! Please restart your games and make sure your community servers are updated.

TL;DR (Patch Highlights)
  • Known Issue: Yellow Lotus Potions sometimes have no effect. This will be fixed as quickly as possible, and in the meantime we recommend not using them.
  • EXPLOIT FIX: Players can no longer use building previews to move themselves around
    • This specifically addresses issues with Explosive Jar and Well placement previews
  • EXPLOIT FIX: Players can no longer use chairs to travel great distances
  • EXPLOIT FIX: The crouch/jump "boost" should now be fixed
    • Please get in touch with us if you discover additional instances where jump "boosting" is possible. We understand the impact these issues had on raiding and general basebuilding on PvP servers, and want to make sure this issue is completely eliminated.
  • EXPLOIT FIX: You can no longer dismantle Explosive Jars that have already exploded
  • EXPLOIT FIX: Players now respawn immediately upon dying, skipping the death camera
    • This is a temporary measure to prevent players from retaining their gear after dying. A more complete solution will be added in the future.
  • EXPLOIT FIX: Players can no longer walk through walls which have not loaded in yet
  • Fixes for certain server crashes
  • Bows should now fire consistently on dedicated servers
  • Bows should now always consume ammunition
  • NPC archers and Thrall archers can now properly aim
  • Bows should no longer shoot in crazy directions
  • Fixed an issue where thralls would not properly load on server restart
  • Knives are now efficient for harvesting Hide or Thick Hide
  • Made more monsters able to damage structures. Some can even damage T3 buildings!
  • You can now loot corpses under water

Performance and Tech Fixes
  • Fixes for certain server crashes
  • Reduced log spam on dedicated servers
  • Optimized animation blueprints to improve server performance
  • Made several console commands require admin
  • Fixed an issue where thralls would not properly load on server restart

General Bug Fixes and Improvements
  • You can now loot corpses under water
  • You can no longer dismantle Explosive Jars that have already exploded
  • Arrow projectiles are now more visible
  • Players can no longer use chairs to travel great distances
  • Players can no longer walk through walls which have not loaded in yet
  • Players can no longer use building previews to move themselves around
  • Bows should now fire more consistently on dedicated servers
  • Archers across the Exiled Lands have laid off the booze and can now properly aim again
  • Knives are now efficient for harvesting Hide or Thick Hide
  • Placeables now correctly respect the "No Ownership" server setting
  • Drinking from a well now quenches thirst. The future is now.
  • Updated collision for banners and carpets
  • Player now respawns at last bed/bedroll they interacted with
  • Fixed an issue where a test NPCs could be spawned
  • Bows should no longer shoot in crazy directions
  • Fixed an issue with stacksize for items in containers

Balance and Gameplay Fixes
  • Heads are no longer returned when dismantling trophies.
  • Fixed collision on relic rocks in starting area
  • It is no longer possible to build on the shrine west of the river to prevent NPCs from spawning
  • Players can drink while underwater again
  • Players now respawn immediately upon dying, skipping the death camera.
    • This is a temporary change in order to prevent players from retaining gear after death, and a permanent solution will be implemented in the future.
  • Added a short delay before you can harvest a corpse to reduce the chance of accidentally hitting the corpse with a non-optimal tool
  • Players now unequip their weapons when logging in. This fixes a problem with animation states.
  • Bows should now always consume ammunition
  • Fixed a collision issue with the giant spider and rebalanced its attacks
  • Fixed an issue with explosive jars causing camera jitter when colliding with the player in build mode
  • Players can no longer stack placeables
  • Players can no longer abort attacks to increase attack speed
  • Made more monsters able to damage structures. Some can even damage T3 buildings!
  • Bedrolls and beds can only be bound to one character at a time
  • Make beds only have one owner, and show the owner in GUI. If you respawn, the bedroll is prioritized over the bed, so bedrolls can be used for expeditions. Please give us feedback on this change.
  • Players can no longer break the surrender emote by entering combat unarmed
  • Monsters have received unique attacks and can now knock you back
  • The pickaxe now suffers no harvesting penalties and give full resources from trees and rocks
  • You can no longer build in invalid locations if you enter building mode without moving the mouse

Visual Improvements
  • Gazelle now ragdoll properly after death
  • Elephants now ragdoll properly after death
  • Player turn rates and walk rates have been tweaked to fix animation problems
  • Added new equip animations for the fiber rope in 1st and 3rd person
  • Add social animations for the Hyena and Crocodile when they are stationary
  • Various tweaks to armors
  • Various tweaks to the male and female bodies
  • Various tweaks to the male and female heads and hair
  • The Relic Hunters now equip Relic Hunter armor pieces

Text and Localization
  • Added new translations for dialogues, items and user interface
  • Added subtitles to several voice-overs

Mods
  • Fixed an issue where server login would fail if you had too many mods installed

Known Issues
  • We are aware that crossbows still fire inconsistently. We are working on a fix
  • Shrines are currently not able to be placed in singleplayer mode. We are aware of this and will fix that as quickly as possible.
  • Yellow Lotus Potions sometimes have no effect. This will be fixed as quickly as possible, and in the meantime we recommend not using them.
  • Some item names and descriptions are not translated across all languages. Localization is still a work-in-progress and will be fixed soon.
  • Water Wells and Statues of Refreshment cause interference with building placeables nearby. This will be investigated as quickly as possible!

Conan Exiles - Community Manager (Jens Erik)
Dear exiles,

Today we are very happy to announce that Funcom has partnered with https://www.g-portal.com/en/gameserver/conan-exiles-server-hosting?ref=funcom to host the official Conan Exiles servers in Europe.

G-Portal.com is one of Europe’s leading game hosting companies, founded by OCIRIS GmbH in 2003. Their hosting web application is developed completely in-house and offers customers a unique service with real time information, instant server setup, modifications and helpful admin tools. G-Portal.com is available in different regions across Europe and offers high-quality services.

This week the remaining European servers for Conan Exiles have been going up one by one. We’ve already rolled a decent number of servers and the rest of them will be ready in a short while thanks to our new server partner!

For more information, check out the latest update to our dev blog: https://blog.conanexiles.com/en/announcing-our-new-european-server-partner/
Conan Exiles - Jens Erik (Community Manager)
Dear exiles,

Today we are very happy to announce that Funcom has partnered with https://www.g-portal.com/en/gameserver/conan-exiles-server-hosting?ref=funcom to host the official Conan Exiles servers in Europe.

G-Portal.com is one of Europe’s leading game hosting companies, founded by OCIRIS GmbH in 2003. Their hosting web application is developed completely in-house and offers customers a unique service with real time information, instant server setup, modifications and helpful admin tools. G-Portal.com is available in different regions across Europe and offers high-quality services.

This week the remaining European servers for Conan Exiles have been going up one by one. We’ve already rolled a decent number of servers and the rest of them will be ready in a short while thanks to our new server partner!

For more information, check out the latest update to our dev blog: https://blog.conanexiles.com/en/announcing-our-new-european-server-partner/
Feb 21, 2017
Conan Exiles - Community Manager (Jens Erik)
Patch 21.02.2017

A new patch has been released!

Please restart your game to make sure you have the latest version!

Changelog:


Performance and Tech Fixes

  • Fixed long load times into main menu after PC restart
  • Rolled out a fix for players occasionally being sent to main menu while loading
  • Made database serialization more robust

Asian region servers are being brought up right now. These servers will have 2x XP and 2x Harvesting for 1 week [excluding Blitz PvP servers]. These servers are physically located outside of Asia. We are still waiting for new server hardware to arrive in Asia. Once the hardware has arrived we will move the game databases onto the servers located in Asia.


General Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • Spider projectiles have the correct size again
  • Voice chat now uses Steam peer-to-peer. This should fix cases where voice chat did not work in addition to improving server performance
  • Voice chat should have less latency and clicks. Please give us feedback about how the new voice chat works and suggest improvements.

Middle-Eastern countries have been moved out of the game`s Asian region

Known issues:

We are currently aware of the following issues in Conan Exiles:

  • Explosive Jars exploits. We expect to roll out a fix for these very soon.
  • Stacks of items will in certain situations have their size set to 1. We are working on a fix.
  • Bows occasionally won't fire or consuming ammunition. We are working on a fix.
  • We are aware that archers and archer thralls overshoot their targets and are harmless unless at point blank range. We are working on a fix.

-The Conan Exiles team
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