auto feeder for animals

[samson7770]

i do now if the dvs. read these com. but how about a auto animal feeder where you cand let your animls wounder in a pen and they can eat out of a trough and drink out of one if they do that so we can build with out have to feed are animals

[TheRemyD]

The Devs are incredibly active with the community and do read the forums on a regular basis. They also have us, the moderators, to help out

I love the idea of a feeding and watering trough. Although with the current pet favorite food system it might be a bit more complicated to get good drops from a trough idea unless you sorted your pets by their favorite foods.

[dmdnd1972]

2 ways to solve that:
(1) Allow multiple food types to be placed in the feeder. Add a setting to the feeder "Only eat fave food". If this is turned on, then pets will ONLY choose their fave food or not eat at all; otherwise they will eat whatever is in the feeder until it is empty of all choices.
(2) Add the ability to change a pet's fave food (something I would like to see regardless). Feed the pet a given food X times, and it changes their fave food to the new food. The number could be based on the number of tiers and types that must be shifted, or it could be a flat number. Place that food in a feeder, and only assign pets that eat that food.

But yes, I want auto-feeders/showers/harvesters for pets -- and crops :D

[samson7770]

what about a pressure plate and and when it step on it the thing we have in game can put on the ground in front of the animal and then he just eat it but with that can you make some king of hopper or a dispencer. i now that mine craft but can we do something like that here

[Ghost Bexar]

Great initial deployment for the pet framework, however it would use some more love and attention indeed. Some automation to the pet care/harvesting mechanics would be most welcome. Virtual pets shouldn't be as much work as the real thing. The current pet system is not really fun and the loot payout is barely rewarding ... it's busy work as it is.