Hundreds of soldiers dying from starvation after battle

[i do games]

Granted the battle took awhile (10 mins?) because I let the AI filter in single file, but it was the first battle I 'won', only to find that about half of my surviving soldiers starved to death as soon as I unmustered them. This seems a bit excessive, especially since I have plenty of food & rations.

My suggestion would be to freeze all soldiers' Needs entirely until the enemy attack is over, and if they're near Starvation, have them satisfy their hunger need while mustering (ie the same time they grab battlegear).

[COMMANDO]

Yeah I've had this happen as well; Yesterday when I unmustered, the citizen count drops quickly and then the training hall gets filled with new recruits to replace the soldiers who fought perfectly fine then dropped dead right after. Is this really how we treat our vets?

[Gamatron]

Seems to be some bug with starvation, fixing!
I can't pause the need though, because that could be exploited in times of famine. I'll try and add that they pick up food, same as battlegear before mustering though, that they can eat while standing if need be.

[i do games]

Sounds like a good solution for now, thanks.

If battles become really huge & drawn out though, perhaps it would be better to have a new Military building for 'Camp Follower'-type workers that gather & distribute Food to mustered soldiers, recover the incapacitated and tend to the wounded (which could turn a certain death into a recovery), etc.

These followers could also be assigned to Armies on the move & serve the same role, just distributing goods from a supply train instead of a building.