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Bohandas

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Set default pasture for all incoming animals
« on: October 18, 2012, 09:52:41 pm »

I think that it would make sense to be able to set a pasture zone as being the default pasture for all incoming animals.

As it is now new animals brought during each migration wave either congregate in meeting areas until either I remember that migrants sometimes bring animals with them or more commonly until they starve to death (where applicable) because meeting areas are almost invariably indoors.

Alternately, you could just have non-pastured animals wander around completely at random. It wouldn't be as optimal but it would at least make more sense than arbitrarily having them congregate in dining halls and statuary gardens.
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Re: Set default pasture for all incoming animals
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2012, 08:34:26 am »

Well it would be nice to actually utilize the animal before it dies.
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Re: Set default pasture for all incoming animals
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 08:38:31 am »

Well it would be nice to actually utilize the animal before it dies.
What do you mean by this?

Shearing, milking, breeding, war/hunt training and egg production are already possible. Also, if you happen to be able to get a spider, you can farm silk with a bit of work.

As for the original suggestion, I really agree. And this could be expanded to all the animals you buy from merchants.
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Re: Set default pasture for all incoming animals
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 10:08:30 am »

I want this only to apply to goats, and elves
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Re: Set default pasture for all incoming animals
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2012, 12:56:43 pm »

Well it would be nice to actually utilize the animal before it dies.
What do you mean by this?

Shearing, milking, breeding, war/hunt training and egg production are already possible. Also, if you happen to be able to get a spider, you can farm silk with a bit of work.

As for the original suggestion, I really agree. And this could be expanded to all the animals you buy from merchants.

Sometimes one can't or forget to track migrant's animals and find corpses of them deep underground. It's happened to me, and am guessing that's what happened there.

Also yes to this suggestion, or at least tame animals and pets needing to graze auto-assigning to nearest pasture with grass
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Re: Set default pasture for all incoming animals
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2012, 02:58:58 pm »

Well it would be nice to actually utilize the animal before it dies.
What do you mean by this?

Shearing, milking, breeding, war/hunt training and egg production are already possible. Also, if you happen to be able to get a spider, you can farm silk with a bit of work.

As for the original suggestion, I really agree. And this could be expanded to all the animals you buy from merchants.

Sometimes one can't or forget to track migrant's animals and find corpses of them deep underground. It's happened to me, and am guessing that's what happened there.

Also yes to this suggestion, or at least tame animals and pets needing to graze auto-assigning to nearest pasture with grass

Yes. This is indeed what's been happening to me.
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