Feeding animals questions

[Zuleica]

A few questions about feeding.

1. With the new creature pellets it seems as though that is the only thing an animal will take now. I tried to feed an animal that was identified as eating mordite but it kept telling me I didn't have creature pellets. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

2. I placed an automated feeder and powered it but the input slot accepts nothing at all, not creature pellets or any other material. Again, am I missing something?

[xPEDx]

Same for me

[SaD-82]

Yeah, you're missing something: That you have to create a meal to feed the animals.
As the inscription for the pellet says: It's the basic feeding material. This one doesn't work in the feeder as you will need more advanced stuff. As it says in the description...

And what you'll mean with "Mordite" - that's flavour stuff. Some eat plants, some eat minerals, some eat nothing at all. Doesn't matter. You will need advanced stuff or pellets to feed them. The description for the animals that really matters is the one written in yellow when you scan them. Because, well, it is written in yellow and sticks out. As in "IMPORTANT".

[XTAKK]

I haven't messed with it much yet, but I did see that there are different foods you can craft so maybe those go in the auto feeder? I am about to test it out today though because I found a really cool looking creature on an ice planet I want to mount. Ill let you know if I figure something out.

[SyWö | LockenCharlie]

You can choose what to feed them via the X menu. You have to scan what they eat and then craft the right food in the kitchen.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by SaD-82:

Yeah, you're missing something: That you have to create a meal to feed the animals.
As the inscription for the pellet says: It's the basic feeding material. This one doesn't work in the feeder as you will need more advanced stuff. As it says in the description...

And what you'll mean with "Mordite" - that's flavour stuff. Some eat plants, some eat minerals, some eat nothing at all. Doesn't matter. You will need advanced stuff or pellets to feed them. The description for the animals that really matters is the one written in yellow when you scan them. Because, well, it is written in yellow and sticks out. As in "IMPORTANT".

I'll try to craft something with the mordite for the ones that eat 'mordite root'. I take it though that the automatic feeder doesn't take creature pellets? I had them in my inventory and it didn't recognize them as anything I could put in the input of the feeder.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by SyWö | LockenCharlie:

You can choose what to feed them via the X menu. You have to scan what they eat and then craft the right food in the kitchen.

The ones I want to feed say they eat 'mordite root' but growing mordite root I can only harvest mordite and that won't go into the feeder.

Is there some way to find recipes for specific food?

[xPEDx]

Originally posted by Zuleica:

Originally posted by SyWö | LockenCharlie:

You can choose what to feed them via the X menu. You have to scan what they eat and then craft the right food in the kitchen.

The ones I want to feed say they eat 'mordite root' but growing mordite root I can only harvest mordite and that won't go into the feeder.

Is there some way to find recipes for specific food?

you put down machine kinda like a refinery but for making the food , and mix the mordite with things, idk like carbon, tends to smoke meat etc.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by xPEDx:

Originally posted by Zuleica:

The ones I want to feed say they eat 'mordite root' but growing mordite root I can only harvest mordite and that won't go into the feeder.

Is there some way to find recipes for specific food?

you put down machine kinda like a refinery but for making the food , and mix the mordite with things, idk like carbon, tends to smoke meat etc.

Yes, I have that part but trying to make something that the Automatic Feeder will accept and so far not found anythiing.

[xPEDx]

i found lots of foods , and made a few myself too , but i still cant find anything to put in that feeder

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by xPEDx:

i found lots of foods , and made a few myself too , but i still cant find anything to put in that feeder

Exactly, quite baffling.