Hello! I have a question. I've been playing on the ashlands a lot, and a I noticed that the enemy ballistas in the fortress aren't shooting at me, and they can also be filled with ballista ammo. I haven't fed them any ammo to test if they shoot at the enemy, but they are clearly not shooting at me. I tried to find some config on the manager to see if there was anything to change, but all I saw was making the ballista friendly towards me and tamed animals. Any chance your mod is making fortress ballistas also friendly? I'm not using any other mods regarding ballistas. Oh, and I've download it and installed the mod using the thunderstore app.
Once installed, you'll create a "profile" for your mods. The first mod you should download in that profile is BepInEx, which is the way other mods are loaded into the game. Use R2Modman to browse for mods (select "Online") and BepInEx will be the first one pinned to the top of the list. Select BepInEx, then "Download" to install it. Then search for Better Ballistas and any other mods you want to install and "Download" them. Once downloaded, they will show up in your "Installed" list.
To launch the modded version of Valheim, click on "Start Modded".
I'd suggest a configuration manager that allows you to change settings in-game. Here's the 'official' one, but there are several out there: Official BeInEx Config Manager. If you want to edit the configuration by hand, you can modify the neobotics.valheim_mod.betterballistas.cfg file in your BepInEx\config folder. If you're looking to add trophies to the ballista, just start adding them as you would a single trophy in the basic game.
It can be used by you if the server permits client mods. Most don't unless you're just playing with friends. If it's also installed on the server, then the server will control the settings.
Thank you for your response. However, that mod you provided with the link is currently not working. I have searched everywhere, including that mod, but I couldn't find any mods that reload the Ballista. That's why I reached out to you with this request.
I'll try to reach out to the author to see if they intend to support this going forward. If not, I'll either take it on as an independent mod, or incorporate the functionality. But I'm not sure on exactly when.
I went to their Nexus site and saw this post if it helps.
Hey folks, I have created a temp fork to fix ByteArtificer's Mod for 0.217.25. This mod belongs to ByteArtificer, i am just helping a little here until ByteArtificer gets back to this. you can find this temp dll
at https://github.com/montheus/ValheimMod-FriendlyBallista/blob/montheus-patch-RB/ReloadTurrets.dll Drop the dll in your valheim/bepinex/plugins folder to install manually.
You don't need to use ImFRIENDLY with this mod. It has it's own configuration to turn off targeting players and tames. And yes, it's working with Bog Witch.
Good question. I'll have to check it out. If they use the 'standard' ballista as their basis, I don't see why not. You could always try it out and let me know if you want to find out sooner.
Sorry tour having problems. I'll need a bit more to work with. Can you be more specific? Also generally when things "don't work" there will be errors in your player log file, sometimes from something I've missed, and sometimes from a compatibility issue with another mod. Please post that file on Discord in #mod-help and I'll try to get you going.
No error message, no crashing, its just refuses to work, cant add more then one trophy, or more ammo, thats how I recon it doesnt, bepinex works just fine, I know cause the mass farming mod and craft from containers mod works just fine, its just when I try any ballista mods it just doesnt seem to activate, even tried a configuration mod, that one wouldnt show up eather, maybe I´m missing here something, like an INI file change or something ( havent done that ) other then that, I got nothing, any ideas ?
The best I can do at this point is to try and replicate your environment. If you use Thunderstore or R2Modman, please send me your profile "as code", and I will load it up and see if I encounter the same problem. If you can't send me a profile code, send me a list of all other mods you're using.
Have you tried Better Ballistas as the only installed mod (other than BepInEx)?
The missiles I had loaded disappeared and I don't get the option to press "E" to load any. Also no option to load trophies. Removed the mod and everything showed up again. I also tried to create a new ballista but still no option to press "E" or add trophies.
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[Edit] Fixed in 0.1.2
Once installed, you'll create a "profile" for your mods. The first mod you should download in that profile is BepInEx, which is the way other mods are loaded into the game. Use R2Modman to browse for mods (select "Online") and BepInEx will be the first one pinned to the top of the list. Select BepInEx, then "Download" to install it. Then search for Better Ballistas and any other mods you want to install and "Download" them. Once downloaded, they will show up in your "Installed" list.
To launch the modded version of Valheim, click on "Start Modded".
I went to their Nexus site and saw this post if it helps.
Have you tried Better Ballistas as the only installed mod (other than BepInEx)?