Animals are out of control!

[PZmorg]

So this is a funny bug to me because it’s so silly but also i will die if i keep playing on this save because of it. Basically one sheep is currently running into my home and walking through the doors & walls to attack me. Going upstairs still allows it to attack because it can reach me from downstairs. I’ve tried to kill it but it doesn’t seem to be fazed after lots of hits with a shotgun. Not sure if this is a common issue after the last patch. Also I’m playing on MAC

[Yana M.D.]

Stressed animals flee, attack, and try to break out, it's not a bug. Try not to scare them too much. 

[Zambroni]

I'm pretty sure animals walking through walls or attacking through the floor is a bug, though, no?

[Yana M.D.]

19 minutes ago, Zambronie said:

I'm pretty sure animals walking through walls or attacking through the floor is a bug, though, no?

If it happens in a new save and without any mods, please, create a new post and record a video with the repro steps. 

[ScrivenerSpills]

theres another ticket someone opened where they were pretty sure a cockrel got them through a car door. 

 

[Phlegmatic]

14 hours ago, ScrivenerSpills said:

theres another ticket someone opened where they were pretty sure a cockrel got them through a car door. 

 

That one might be due to the "car doors not actually closing if you drive immediately you sit in the car, but you can't see it because vehicle door animations haven't been introduced to vanilla yet" issue, which i assume is still unfixed?? 

[M2xim]

Animal farming is trash anything bigger than chickens will ruin your save.

There's nothing in the game that doesn't stress them including other animals(even if it's their own specie). There's no way to stop them from attacking everything they see and even if you try and pet them 100 times in a row they go right back to agitated because you have a chicken in the next enclosure that looked at them wrong or something.

It's not realistic and it's not fun either when zombies are easier to keep as pets.

[ScrivenerSpills]

On 2/26/2025 at 8:07 AM, Phlegmatic said:

That one might be due to the "car doors not actually closing if you drive immediately you sit in the car, but you can't see it because vehicle door animations haven't been introduced to vanilla yet" issue, which i assume is still unfixed?? 

hmm, was unaware of that one.  

 

[Zambroni]

When the door doesn't close, you should hear beeping (though I think some cars don't have a beeper - same for reverse gear).

[Zambroni]

6 hours ago, M2xim said:

Animal farming is trash anything bigger than chickens will ruin your save.

There's nothing in the game that doesn't stress them including other animals(even if it's their own specie). There's no way to stop them from attacking everything they see and even if you try and pet them 100 times in a row they go right back to agitated because you have a chicken in the next enclosure that looked at them wrong or something.

It's not realistic and it's not fun either when zombies are easier to keep as pets.

 

Really? I'd say agriculture is trash (crops becoming "dead" or "destroyed" for no reason, getting stuck at "almost ready to harvest" for weeks, nonsensical sequences of "good" and "bad" months, no feedback regarding whether a tile is fertilised, etc.) and animals are seriously OP.

 

My cows and chickens are always calm and healthy, live on grass and rainwater,  and produce tons of milk and eggs (albeit a bit erratically - sometimes no eggs for 4 or 5 days, then 16 eggs in one day). Coops just need a bit too much cleaning.

 

The code meant to keep them inside their zone is seriously bugged, though (they keep wandering out, never wander back in, and sometimes even walk through fences).