Achatina breeding out of control (bug?)

[Smurff-a-thon2k]

So I had a single snail and I was out doing stuff and noticed an unconscious snail from getting bitten by a titanoboa, so went home and got veggie cake, and tamed it.

Another started wandering by right as I tamed the first one so grabbed it with argent and carried both home to the pen where the first Achatina was.

dropped them in and set the tamed one to wander and immediately I see it mating... wtf

I checked to make sure mating was disabled, even turned it on then off again. They kept mating, so I was like ok... went to make more veggie cake to tame the extra I brought back.

So each snail had 2 babies, so I'm walking around trying to get the imprint for 'go on a walk'... snails dont walk very well so that didnt work, at least I cuddled with one.

So now I had 7 snails out of nowhere and..... NOW THEY ALL START BREEDING WITH EACH OTHER..

I manually set all to wander and made sure mating was disabled... what is this glitch...?

[Blunder]

Neuter them if you dont want them to breed while wandering.

[Smurff-a-thon2k]

Originally posted by Blunder:

Neuter them if you dont want them to breed while wandering.

Good point but doesnt address weather this is intended behavior or not.

-> Are Achatinas supposed to ignore the mating setting?

[Raggedy Annie]

Snails need to be on wander...and wander enables breeding. You need to fix them so they don't breed. Because if they can't wander there's no point in having them.

EDIT: Wandering enabling breeding has always been a mechanic of the game....not a bug.

[Smurff-a-thon2k]

Originally posted by Raggedy Annie:

Snails need to be on wander...and wander enables breeding. You need to fix them so they don't breed. Because if they can't wander there's no point in having them.

EDIT: Wandering enabling breeding has always been a mechanic of the game....not a bug.

I guess I've never left dinos on wander then... that seems to waste the point of the mating setting...

[RobbIe]

Its "by design" because of biology.
Snails are bisexual. There are no males and females. Each Snail is male and female. That's the reason that mating can't be turned off. You have to castrate them.

[Ferchi]

Originally posted by Smurff-a-thon2k:

Originally posted by Blunder:

Neuter them if you dont want them to breed while wandering.

Good point but doesnt address weather this is intended behavior or not.

-> Are Achatinas supposed to ignore the mating setting?

don't neuter them, just full them of stuff like fur, stone, wood etc, nothing can mate if they are full

[Smurff-a-thon2k]

Originally posted by 千乇尺匚卄丨 ⭐⭐⭐⭐:

Originally posted by Smurff-a-thon2k:

Good point but doesnt address weather this is intended behavior or not.

-> Are Achatinas supposed to ignore the mating setting?

don't neuter them, just full them of stuff like fur, stone, wood etc, nothing can mate if they are full

I thought of this right after I posted, I thought I read that years ago back in ASE.
Thanks for reminding me!