Idea: Livestock/Animal Trader & Herding Mod

[mod3stmouse]

Idea: Trader that you can buy different types of animals from, especially useful if you want to get some muffalos on a colony that did not start with any.

Idea: Herding option -- ability to set a pasture for animals, and new skill under "Herding" or "Animal Husbandry" which allows colonists to corral animals into pasture area where they will then stay.

Idea: Taming option -- taming is a skill that needs to be researched, and upon learning it colonists have the option to use "tame" action on animals. Similar to how medicine has a chance to heal someone and a few tries are done at once.

Idea: Bait -- Bait can be used to increase chance of taming animal. Would a bait table be needed to craft different baits for various species (or just do them at regular cookstove)? Baits can be made from different materials depending on species -- ex muffalo bait might use corn but monkey bait could use fruit?

Idea: Saddle -- Saddle could be bought from an animal trader or crafted at the tailor (after the taming research skill has been learned). Saddle could be placed on ride-able animals for increased movement speed?? Iguanas would be a no, but maybe rhinos could also be ridden? Idk how feasible that is though.

Idea: Animal clothes -- just would be funny to see a muffalo wearing a hat or something.

Feel free to chime in with any more ideas for a mod related to animal husbandry.

[Dragoon]

I like the ideas ,except animals clothes no point unless it enhances beauty or we can milk the animals otherwise the clothing will get all bloody X_X. Jokes aside I only would have 1 question: When you a buy an animal it will drop down into a drop zone so how will you make sure it does not wander off or something?

[OmG_PotatoeZ]

I like the ideas ,except animals clothes no point unless it enhances beauty or we can milk the animals otherwise the clothing will get all bloody X_X. Jokes aside I only would have 1 question: When you a buy an animal it will drop down into a drop zone so how will you make sure it does not wander off or something?

Maybe it could drop down in a crate and only be able to come out when you "activate" it. Maybe a lead or lasso to control the animal, I could see this being a pretty good "challenge" for am modder to complete. Maybe add a new wall which would just be a fence so that animals can't get in/out but people can jump the fence slowly or go threw a gate or something.

[BBream]

It is great idea. My colony always needed meat but it had few animal can hunt. I will implement it next to finish other mod.

[BBream]

On working:
https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=12337.msg124276#msg124276

ToDoList:
Husbandry design (Finished. Need to debuging and balancing)
Taming(Caturing) design (On Working)
Trader bug fix
Other contens design - Dairy, Riding, Animal gear...

[NocAdsl]

1:for taming it would work like medicine some percent for 1 try of taming and maybe like per tries per day so you can't tame 10 muffalos in 1 day
2: the bigger animal, harder to tame it like muffalos are a lot smarter than squirrels
3: there is in one mod i can remember which one, fence for planting so we can use the same and maybe add the fence door...
4: herding on lasso or rope made of cotton or synthread.
5: bught animals came tamed with lasso or rope on them and can land in crade on special platform made for animals?
6: if you have bait like corn there is bigger chance to tame it
7: maybe auto feeder for animals?
8: new skill like animal husbandry?
9: maybe autobutcher where like it removes skin and meat but lose some percent of meat and skin i opposing to hand butchering of colonist?

ill add other ideas if i get any more but that is all i can help you with. i don't know how to mod or make textures or balance sry

edit 1: maybe you can work with auto hauling mod so animals can haul more items than humans?

[BBream]

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1:for taming it would work like medicine some percent for 1 try of taming and maybe like per tries per day so you can't tame 10 muffalos in 1 day
   - Other kind of limit. I should consider later.

2: the bigger animal, harder to tame it like muffalos are a lot smarter than squirrels
   - It is reasonable. I should adjust breed-tick while balancing mod.

3: there is in one mod i can remember which one, fence for planting so we can use the same and maybe add the fence door...
   - You mean fence is needed for herding? Ok, but I think other mod provide the fence.
   Adding fence...

4: herding on lasso or rope made of cotton or synthread.
   - New equipment for taming. Taming or Capturing. I hope I can bring stun gun in skullywag's mod.

5: bught animals came tamed with lasso or rope on them and can land in crade on special platform made for animals?
   - I have made barn for it.

6: if you have bait like corn there is bigger chance to tame it
   - lasso and rope or lasso with corn? hmm... I like carrot. Carrot and donkey or mufallo

7: maybe auto feeder for animals?
   - Animal eat by themself. It don't need. But it need to sow glass or other crop

8: new skill like animal husbandry?
   - I consider this idea but now it is included in 'Growing'. It is kind of farming.

9: maybe autobutcher where like it removes skin and meat but lose some percent of meat and skin i opposing to hand butchering of colonist?
   - I just use designation so colonist will execute animal. But someone talk about meat packer. Should I make factory for butchey? hmm...

ill add other ideas if i get any more but that is all i can help you with. i don't know how to mod or make textures or balance sry

edit 1: maybe you can work with auto hauling mod so animals can haul more items than humans?
    Animal can mount cargo but I have no idea how animal can haul item.(They don't have capacity for manipulating.)

[BBream]

Taming, Capturing
Lasso, Rope, Cattle prod, Cage, Monster ball, Talk with animal

How about 'Dairy'? milk, egg, cheese, wool. I think it is good for herding

[Turtle Dude]

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#3:
The fence part, it would be more like creating an area, that for tamed/domesticated (hopefully spelled correctly) animals will feel better/safer in (Tamed animals can go berserk if they go hungry, feel unsafe, or attacked (if possible).

#4:
Melee version of the stun gun could be the cattle prod.

#6:
If you go beyond what is needed for the mod, maybe making each animal have a special food, for faster/better chances taming.

#10 (extra):
Is there a way to make the animals mount the Cargo causing it to be faster, or even maybe making a Wagon, that 2 things can mount (animal[mufflo], and colonists)? Allowing the colonists to do the hauling, but with a better speed than normal running.

[BBream]

Hi, Turtle Dude! Nice to meet you.
I recommend to play this unfinished mod.
https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=12337.msg124276#msg124276

#3: About fence
It is too far but I can consider it for later. I saw someone that hate Insaned animal.

#4: Tools for herding or taming, capturing
Cattle prod? I have never heard it but it is good idea. I don't decide that herding need to be handled by colonist or not. Taming, capturing has higher priority. I can make some cattle prod.

#6: About bait
Hmm... Taming is not designed so I have no idea for implementation. But special food is still good idea.

#10: About cargo
I think it has way to make faster (hediff). It is valuable idea but I still find interaction between pawn and wagon and cargo mounted mufallo are difficult to implement. I hope I can implement it.