Livestock Farming Mod?

[Temuling]

So I had this idea for livestock like goats and bulls for meat production.

The game already defines Male and Females, so can someone add a mod that creates a pup if I have two goats for example in the same squad and within in range for a period?

[Cattrina]

Unfortunately we cannot make animals spawn.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2734538439
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1644794430

[Temuling]

Oh thank you for a reply! May I ask why is it not possible to spawn new animals? Because I see lot of mods spawn custom animals on the map. Can you explain how it all works?

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

you have to buy those from traders.
breeding animals was gonna be in game, but was dropped due to engine limitations being reached. but nothing for it was put into the game for us to mod. so its impossible to add without access to the source code, which we can not legally access.

[Cattrina]

Originally posted by Temuling:

Oh thank you for a reply! May I ask why is it not possible to spawn new animals? Because I see lot of mods spawn custom animals on the map. Can you explain how it all works?

You can spawn animals like any other NPC; upon new game or import. New persons or animals cannot spawn on their own mid game. Meaning no giving birth, foaling etc. There is a workaround where the mod can spawn all possible future animals at the beginning of the game and the player can go to the NPC farm to 'foal' and with clever dialogue you can then RP the animal giving birth. And at the end the foal joins the player. A lot of work to make tho.

[Temuling]

Thank you guys for explaining! I love kenshi for how brutal it is and can be played for a long time, it wouldve been epic if kenshi had natural birth and death cycle.

I got another questions I'm a noob blender modeler. I want to mod this(LINK BELOW) in kenshi but I lack rigging/animation skills advice?
https://postimg.cc/Wqzs2zVX

[Cattrina]

Originally posted by Temuling:

Thank you guys for explaining! I love kenshi for how brutal it is and can be played for a long time, it wouldve been epic if kenshi had natural birth and death cycle.

I got another questions I'm a noob blender modeler. I want to mod this(LINK BELOW) in kenshi but I lack rigging/animation skills advice?
https://postimg.cc/Wqzs2zVX

It depends how serious you are with the project and are you making a 'human' character or an animal character. Animal is easier for it has way less animations to do. There are couple of bipedal animals (swamp duck if I recall correctly) that could serve as a base.

But jumping into character/race making before learning basic Kenshi modeling first is like jumping in the deep end of the pool without knowing how to swim.

You could benefit from watching my Kenshi modding video tutorial series. You can find it by searching for Cay Enigma Kenshi on youtube.

[Dynamiez]

Hey, i had the same idea. I tried to make a NPC like a mercenary you can hire who acts like a "nest" or spawn point for goats... i couldnt make it work. So i tried that this NPC could perhaps trigger base assaults with a herd of goats every day or so (like the prayer day... just with goats)... couldnt make it work either. At one point i made a farm that "grows" goats like a wheat farm like the first mod Cattrina posted (i should have released that mod, seems to be relativly popular). This mod worked but because the goats dont move and "grow" like plants i wasnt sstisfied with this solution.

Nothing worked or i just did it wrong...
I think my best idea what would probably work, is the thing with base assaults. Perhaps if you talk with that npc you could say "please send me goats" and then it triggers an assault with goats. Its over a year since i tried it, i cant remeber what was the problem but i never get it to work properly.

(Funny sidenote, i use a mod with a "test npc" i can talk with who tells you which important npcs in a specific region is alive and who is dead, who can raise or lower reputation with different factions, can give you an emergency ration pack or an emergency first aid kit, you can tell him to follow you around or stay in your base, you can tell him to call a caravan which then visits you... in short, all things i try with the modding tool i integrate in this NPC... and he is name "Goat herder" because he was first created to test what i explained above. Now he can do EVERYTHING but herd goats.... irony i think) oh yes, he is also a plastic surgeon and he can clean your bounty on demand.

[Cattrina]

Originally posted by Dynamiez:

Hey, i had the same idea. I tried to make a NPC like a mercenary you can hire who acts like a "nest" or spawn point for goats... i couldnt make it work. So i tried that this NPC could perhaps trigger base assaults with a herd of goats every day or so (like the prayer day... just with goats)...

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Yeah you certainly can make a traveling animal trader using the trader campaign as a base. If the caravan animal squad is set to regenerate it will refill with new animals next time it comes.