Animal Information Thread + Poll (A17 Updated)

[Toggle]

Off topic, just asking... Why does your signature say "as well as being the prowd owner of the LONGEST POST IN FORUM HISTORY! " and link back to page 3 here?

[LouisTBR]

Sorry, it is supposed to link to page 1, the first post. I have just fixed it!

[Topper]

If monkeys could hall they would be my fav..why cant the only species with hands be taught to carry stuff?

[LouisTBR]

As I have said on Page 5, it is because of their size. It would be unrealistic to have a small-ish monkey hauling debris from a huge mountain! And fixing it so the monkey can only carry basic small stuff would just be awkward.

[MultiDavid]

As I have said on Page 5, it is because of their size. It would be unrealistic to have a small-ish monkey hauling debris from a huge mountain! And fixing it so the monkey can only carry basic small stuff would just be awkward.

Tell that to the husky carrying an elephant.

[LouisTBR]

Yeah, but balancing these things is awkward
Like wild boars hauling Thrumbos halfway across the map!

[Toggle]

Yeah, the reason small dogs and animals can't haul at all is because you can only place a limit, there's no 'weight' currently, so a small terrier can haul rock chunks when it shouldn't, or a lot of stuff it shouldn't. Slightly bigger things like boar, dogs is allowed since they can at least haul most stuff.

[LouisTBR]

Yeah, I agree. There should be a system in place in A13 so that there is weight added to the game. So Yorkies can haul potatoes and meat, but not chunks.

[Toggle]

See though, that's just a massive addition as Tynan would have to update EVERY. SINGLE. ITEM. with custom weights. So it's unlikely that it'll be added in terms of priority.

[FMJ Penguin]

Hell, I think it's flat out weird that pets can haul at all let alone how much weight is involved. I guess I could MAYBE see them dragging an item around... or rescuing a pawn by dragging them real slowly or something but meh. I don't even bother training pets anymore anyways sense they die so easy. Got better things to do. Like which pet is gonna be the next meal cuzz we didn't have time to get crops in between the last 10 raids. 

[harkov]

Nice post. Do you have any data on the amount of food consumed by the different species? I'm having trouble keeping my animals fed on a desert map because I am not able to produce enough hay.

[zandadoum]

about cobras (and possibly other reptilians): after getting a few males and many females i started to get eggsplosions...

but it stopped at one point...

i was wondering what was going on.

then it hit me: when the eggsplosions stopped i changed something: i did put a roof on top of my cobra backyard
i removed that roof and a few minutes later i started getting eggsplosions again.

maybe just coincidence, but it's possible that they don't breed indoors, even if it's on soiled floor

[LouisTBR]

Oh, good to know! And, harkov, if no-one else has any other ideas, I will begin to add that NEXT Monday. This week it is wiki!

[Jimyoda]

Nice post. Do you have any data on the amount of food consumed by the different species? I'm having trouble keeping my animals fed on a desert map because I am not able to produce enough hay.

See Hunger Rate at http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Animals#Animals_List.
You can click Hunger Rate to sort the column.
You'll notice that larger animals naturally have a bigger appetite.

[LouisTBR]

Hey Jim! I am working on the three new categories at SPEED! And thanks for helping out these guys, they really deserve it!