Hey @shnar
Welcome to our community.
Are there any mods installed in that server?
Regarding the thralls gone, you can also restore to the most recent backup of your server. You can find them in the /Saved folder in your server installation.
The hunger system was removed back in March, and substituted with a decay system similar to the one for buildings and placeables. The only thing that we can imagine is causing this problem is some mod messing with that decay. Make sure these settings are present in your ServerSettings.ini and configured correctly:
DisableThrallDecay
ThrallDecayTime
Also, for reference, could you post the list of mods installed in that server and their load order so any of our community members with more experience with mods can chime in and let us know if there is any known incompatibility with any of them?
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