Can't get Oxen without Oxen loop

[Saidden]

This is a really game breaking issue.
If you lost your Oxen, and you don't have Trading Post or Stable or Livestock Trade Post - it is not possible to progress with the region.

You need Oxen to carry materials to build, but if you don't have Oxen, u can't build the building u need to get an Oxen. U can't even export or transfer Oxen from other regions.

A workaround for this must be done.
Great game tho.

[BetonToni]

u can order another oxen early on at the initial stable-thingy were your first oxen starts

[Saidden]

I know that. I haven't done that, my mistake but I don't think it should mean the end of the game. I have a 0 Oxens and 0 ways to get one. The region just wait to die. This is just dumb and needs to be fixed.

[GordonDry]

Yes, stuff like that needs an alternative approach, like assigning a family manually to carry one timber log to the next building lot.
This assignment should only be valid for one timber log, afterwards the family should be unassigned again.

[leftbehind]

Solution would be make the hitching post free to build. You could just tie an Ox to a tree; there's no need to cut a tree down. The hitching post is just a way to access the UI to purchase an Ox.

To address balance of making hitching post free:

1. Don't allow horse purchase from hitching post (need to upgrade to Stable first, or build Trade Post / Livestock Trader)

2. Stables and Traders could cost 1 extra wood plank.

I think animal management in general needs to improve. For example, if an animal is assigned to a farm or logging camp, for example, the animal should reside in those buildings, not some random hitching post on the other side of town. We should be able to manually move animals between suitable "homes" (hitching post, stable, pasture, etc. - as applicable) in the same way we can change jobs of citizens.

[childebert]

I have the same problem, did you find a way to solve it?

[Saidden]

Originally posted by mudhut:

I have the same problem, did you find a way to solve it?

Sadly no. I have just quit the game, and will wait for the full release. Even if this problem will be fixed, I don't think it has enough content to keep me hooked. Game has solid foundation, but it lacks a lot of content.

[Sunbach]

Originally posted by Saidden:

This is a really game breaking issue.
If you lost your Oxen, and you don't have Trading Post or Stable or Livestock Trade Post - it is not possible to progress with the region.

You need Oxen to carry materials to build, but if you don't have Oxen, u can't build the building u need to get an Oxen. U can't even export or transfer Oxen from other regions.

A workaround for this must be done.
Great game tho.

how did you lose your oxen? is it possible for animal to die in this game? I know animals will run away if there is not enough stable space but you get one hitching post so if you lose your oxen, you still have that one now empty hitching post which you can order a new ox from no?

[Saidden]

Originally posted by Sunbach:

Originally posted by Saidden:

This is a really game breaking issue.
If you lost your Oxen, and you don't have Trading Post or Stable or Livestock Trade Post - it is not possible to progress with the region.

You need Oxen to carry materials to build, but if you don't have Oxen, u can't build the building u need to get an Oxen. U can't even export or transfer Oxen from other regions.

A workaround for this must be done.
Great game tho.

how did you lose your oxen? is it possible for animal to die in this game? I know animals will run away if there is not enough stable space but you get one hitching post so if you lose your oxen, you still have that one now empty hitching post which you can order a new ox from no?

I actually have no idea. It was so random, one moment it was there, and right after I saw no buildings are being built and noticed I have 0 oxens on this land.

[Kedryn]

Next patch makes hitching post free so this won't happen.

[Saidden]

Originally posted by Kedryn:

Next patch makes hitching post free so this won't happen.

Sounds great!

[Orfin]

Did you destroy your starting hitching post?

[Martin]

No the solution is not to knock down your last hitching post.
Restart/Reload game from last save.

[pokechopp]

Awesome game so far but this is mildly infuriating. I can understand a single region build losing the oxen being game ending (maybe), but I have 4 regions, and one of them is dead in the water because it was raided and the oxen were killed. I just so happen to not have enough money (just in that region) to buy one.

The solution should be to allow transfer of an oxen or money from another region. If the dev hasn't gotten around to it that's fine. If the dev thinks it's unrealistic that an ox or 20 coin can be walked across a field to the next region, they're out of their mind.

[AlexGK]

This should never happen.
If you got as far as being actually raided, you better abbandon the run and start new. You would need a new start even if the game gets patched anyway.
Use what you learned to be better in the new run, being raided and losing oxen is not something you should ever allow.

[jwinter]

Originally posted by AlexGK:

This should never happen.
If you got as far as being actually raided, you better abbandon the run and start new. You would need a new start even if the game gets patched anyway.
Use what you learned to be better in the new run, being raided and losing oxen is not something you should ever allow.

That is silly. Why cannot you just donate your personal money to the region? And this would allow to buy ox.