Funerals without bodies...?

[BWS2K]

Just lost several intrepid colonists and my Transhumanist Collective has the funeral ritual listed but I can't seem to actually hold one. The text says an empty grave will work, and I have those, but right-clicking and such - I see nothing about how to actually have the ritual. Is the text wrong - do I need bodies?

[RCMidas]

Build a grave, select the grave, choose from the options there.

[BWS2K]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Build a grave, select the grave, choose from the options there.

I just dug a fresh grave, even though I already had empty ones, and I don't see any options for a funeral. My colonists died while out on a caravan, so I don't actually have the bodies to bury, hence my dilemma and question. Where would I be seeing those options?

[RCMidas]

Did you select the grave? Actually click on the grave itself, as if selecting any other structure. Then, assuming you have no mods screwing things up, the option to hold a funeral will show itself on the same bar of options as deleting the grave, or assigning it to another colonist when they do die.

[BWS2K]

My colonist died away from the colony. I don't have her body. My ideology allows funeral rituals. My colonists want a funeral. I dug a fresh grave. I left-clicked and right-clicked and don't see any option to hold a funeral. I'm not running any mods, just Vanilla and Ideology.

https://youtu.be/Z73K7_c2jtM

[RCMidas]

Yup, bodies are irrelevant, so I'm guessing something has buggered your ability to hold a funeral. No idea what.

Oh wait, how long ago did your colonist die? Because after...6? 9?...days or so the option to hold a funeral for them simply expires. The mood debuffs for not holding a funeral take a little longer to expire I think.

[BWS2K]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Yup, bodies are irrelevant, so I'm guessing something has buggered your ability to hold a funeral. No idea what.

Oh wait, how long ago did your colonist die? Because after...6? 9?...days or so the option to hold a funeral for them simply expires. The mood debuffs for not holding a funeral take a little longer to expire I think.

Ah, ok.. that *might* be it. It's been about five days - I was hit with raids. I sent out a party of three to get the relic (rookie mistake, apparently, lol) and Coal was killed, the other two KO'd. My notifications were that Coal had been lost and to hold a funeral for her and then that the caravan was lost - the other two colonists were taken by the Ancients or something - so I went and tried to rescue them but nobody was at the site. I grabbed the relic and made it back but got raided once in transit and again upon my return.

Ah well, thanks for your help - Happy Gaming! :)

[RCMidas]

Interesting, I've just tested out a few scenarios with losing colonists on expeditions. It seems as though the game doesn't always recognise the option to have a funeral for someone lost whilst outside of your colony - on a caravan, attacking another base etc.

What may have happened is that the desire to hold a funeral for Coal disappeared when the entire caravan was lost.

[BWS2K]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Interesting, I've just tested out a few scenarios with losing colonists on expeditions. It seems as though the game doesn't always recognise the option to have a funeral for someone lost whilst outside of your colony - on a caravan, attacking another base etc.

What may have happened is that the desire to hold a funeral for Coal disappeared when the entire caravan was lost.

Perhaps. The remaining colonists all have a "Colonist died x2" de-buff, which would be the two that were downed and lost to the Ancients or whatever, but each of them also has "My friend Coal died" de-buff as well. Coal was the leader, so maybe that's why she gets her own de-buff? Not sure. They definitely know she was killed and mourn her loss but just don't want to acknowledge it. Can't say I blame them, lol