How do i build shelters for my animals / protect animals from weather?

[1stReaper]

how do i protect my animals from blizzards (currently on the NA heathlings)
im going to be building a animal-pen / pasture for my sheep and chicken shortly,,,
and would like an idea on how to protect them from the weather...

ideally... i'd planning on building a sort of barn next to where my animals gather,
(similiar how you animals lots at real life farms)

ideally i'd like the "main" part of the pasture to be outside, and "beds" inside the barn
... i dont fancy building a roof over where the animals gather.... as i personally find that stupid.... and to be honest.... it'd look ugly as f**k and an eye sore


<for a better idea in game-terms of what im looking for,,,,, is similiar to how animals are stored in stardew valley, in which they go inside when its bad weather or nighttime,,, and comes out during the day and good weather>

[Averest]

Unfortunately to survive the winter weather animals need to have a roof over their heads and will not migrate to shelter on their own. If you want you can have two pasture areas fenced in and then remove the uncovered area when expecting bad weather so that the shepherd will take them to the covered pasture as long as there is room.

I can't say I'm that crazy about having to have a roof over my pastures but the AI for animals just isn't there.

[1stReaper]

(facepalms and table-plants)....

lol... sooo that makes sense XD..............
have 2 pastures one built inside,,, one built outside,, simply because the game cant work out
theres a "barn" or shelter for the animals to go into..........

for a game thats got animal care-taking in.... you'd think that would be one of the things on the top of the to do list wouldn't you lol....


stardew valley as barns get automatically trigger animals getting into sheltter

hell..... even rimworld allows you to build beds for large and/or smaller animals which you can build inside a building which you could picture is your stables,,, which have some heaters installed for cold weather XD


and thats just of top of my head on the games i own...
cant remember of gnomoria had the same idea... theres quite a few games this SH, RW and SD,,, that shelter animals xD


..... thank god... i installed the mod that rises animals per pasture....
guess ill have to keep an eye on the next days weather tab and plan ahead when im sticking the animals inside........ (faceplants table)

[1stReaper]

Cheers Gave

[Kyrros]

I don't even bother trying to build an 'animal shelter'... the mechanics in the game are inadequate to counter the effects of wintering the critters.

Just station a guard/patrol of troops near your pastures during winter, any clerics will automatically AoE heal nearby critters, and actively seek out nearby unhealed stragglers that aren't hit by the AoE.

... [unnecessary] problem solved.