Know the cause of death

[Bretzel Sucré]

Am I the only one annoyed when I see my animals die and I can't guess the reason ?

I always run to check if there isn't a wolf or a fox feasting on my dead dog, if there then I know how it died but if there isn't, if the animal has access to food ? Why did it die ? I suppose it died of old age but then some animals have VERY short lifespan, like chickens for example, they seem to have a very shor life expectancy, whereas I've had cat, dogs or cattle living over 6 years.

So I think it would be a very usefull thing to add, when someone dies, the message says "X has died of...." and then of old age, of hunger, killed by Y" etc..
I hope other people like this suggestion.

[Bretzel Sucré]

Thanks for the tips !

[Jermarlie]

Yes I would like this. Especially Morbious's suggestion of an "under attack" warning so we can do something to save them *before* they die. :c

Also, I have watched wolves and foxes kill my animals and then immediately run away without eating any of the carcass. So fast that, if I had been looking somewhere else on the map, I would never have been able to click the notification fast enough to see the predator running away. I mean - ?!?! You're gonna kill my animals and just leave them there? I wish the game had a little more immediacy in the predator AI, so predators would only attack when hungry and would eat as soon as the prey was dead. I understand it's not super realistic, though. Foxes, especially, are know for just going on chicken-killing rampages for fun irl.

[Kalimah]

Known cause of death is probably BOREDOM!

[Storm]

A blow by blow would be better. I want to know what happened as well.

[Complex]

I have actually reloaded saves just to check and observe.. i beleive sometimes animals die of natural causes. My cow was good and it just suddenly died

[helpful comrade]

Originally posted by Jermarlie:

Also, I have watched wolves and foxes kill my animals and then immediately run away without eating any of the carcass. So fast that, if I had been looking somewhere else on the map, I would never have been able to click the notification fast enough to see the predator running away. I mean - ?!?! You're gonna kill my animals and just leave them there? I wish the game had a little more immediacy in the predator AI, so predators would only attack when hungry and would eat as soon as the prey was dead. I understand it's not super realistic, though. Foxes, especially, are know for just going on chicken-killing rampages for fun irl.

I strongly agree with this - the current way that predators work is ridiculous. You can clear your map of all predators, then a single fox/wolf/polecat spawns and if you don't kill it before nightfall it'll go on a killing spree and slaughter half the map's wildlife. Meanwhile, domesticated animals will only go hunting when they're hungry and there's no food available/accessible to them in the settlement? Just have the wild predators operate under the same rules: they only hunt when hungry, and only go after the nearest food source (prioritizing eggs or carcasses already on the map before resorting to killing another animal).

[Yehi'Or]

Not just animals. My villager died suddenly and I didn't know why or where the body is.

[johnb10000]

I wish they would add a log to show why animals or people died over the last several days. The message is is on the screen for a short time and I may not see it. I also had a settler disappear without a trace I would like to know if he was killed by an animal or something else.

[Seneca]

i am basically sure there is log as one of the cards (and it's even named as LOG) of highlighted corpse with information about cause of death, the information si there till load at least.....

[Yehi'Or]

Originally posted by Seneca:

i am basically sure there is log as one of the cards (and it's even named as LOG) of highlighted corpse with information about cause of death, the information si there till load at least.....

Yeah, in my case, I can't find the corpse... My villager died and her body is missing. lol

[+økï moffa+]

Originally posted by Yerahmeel:

Originally posted by Seneca:

i am basically sure there is log as one of the cards (and it's even named as LOG) of highlighted corpse with information about cause of death, the information si there till load at least.....

Yeah, in my case, I can't find the corpse... My villager died and her body is missing. lol

Use the resource tab to look for carcasses. They have their own tab. Carcasses have a log just like living creatures and settlers

[Yehi'Or]

Originally posted by +økï:

Originally posted by Yerahmeel:

Yeah, in my case, I can't find the corpse... My villager died and her body is missing. lol

Use the resource tab to look for carcasses. They have their own tab. Carcasses have a log just like living creatures and settlers

Nice. thanks