Pups keep leaving the grass during attacks

[local cryptid]

Pack affinity is at 93%, barked at my pups to stay in the grass, yet one of them keeps leaving the grass patches and gets herself killed over and over again (I keep reloading). It's starting to piss me off quite a bit as I never had this happen before in my +100 hours of playing. Is it just an extremely annoying bug or is it something new??

[AbelWolf076]

Pups get scared by predators and will run out from the grass away from them.

[local cryptid]

Originally posted by AbelWolf076:

Pups get scared by predators and will run out from the grass away from them.

Never had this happen before when a Bear or rival Wolf ran straight over them

[AbelWolf076]

Originally posted by local cryptid:

Originally posted by AbelWolf076:

Pups get scared by predators and will run out from the grass away from them.

Never had this happen before when a Bear or rival Wolf ran straight over them

Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't for some pups. I had a few pups stay in the grass whereas one or two would run out when scared by a predator running by the bush.

I can only assume it has something to do with personality but it could also just be the AI itself being programmed to do that- just not all the time.

[0HWHATNOWSPARR0W]

This just happened to me, it was a coyote attack, and as a single parent, my only wish was for the pups to stay in the grass.

I had to reload the same save over 3 times just so that I could get all of the 5 pups to make it through the attack.

[Cougarific]

Originally posted by local cryptid:

killed over and over again (I keep reloading)

Yes that pup is destined to die (it is "seeded" in the saved game).

You would have to load an earlier save, and even that may not work.

The game will make sure you lose a certain number of pups to maintain game balance.

[local cryptid]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

Originally posted by local cryptid:

killed over and over again (I keep reloading)

Yes that pup is destined to die (it is "seeded" in the saved game).

You would have to load an earlier save, and even that may not work.

The game will make sure you lose a certain number of pups to maintain game balance.

I only have 2 pups...what "balance" is that??

[0HWHATNOWSPARR0W]

I've been able to keep all of my pups alive every single year with multiply of my wolves...

[AbelWolf076]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

Originally posted by local cryptid:

killed over and over again (I keep reloading)

Yes that pup is destined to die (it is "seeded" in the saved game).

You would have to load an earlier save, and even that may not work.

The game will make sure you lose a certain number of pups to maintain game balance.

the game limit (or balance) is 5 pups, there's no reason for the game to kill off only 1 of 2 pups. In fact, I had 2 pups live before throughout an entire litter.

also, you can prevent deaths by predators and to a certain extent sickness. it sounds like you're talking about unknown fate, a death that cannot be prevented.

[Cougarific]

Originally posted by 0HWHATNOWSPARR0W:

I've been able to keep all of my pups alive every single year with multiply of my wolves...

By repeatedly reloading a saved game? :shrug: Play how you want. Not everybody wants to play a realistic simulator.

[0HWHATNOWSPARR0W]

Well, I guess. But it was mainly to try and get awards, now I normally just let them pass if they do.

[local cryptid]

Sooo...am I just getting incredibely unlucky here and the pup is simply doomed to die or what's going on? Because if one of my pups is destined to die for "balance" when I only HAVE 2 pups as a litter, then maybe this "balance" thing should be revisited by the devs

[AbelWolf076]

Originally posted by local cryptid:

Sooo...am I just getting incredibely unlucky here and the pup is simply doomed to die or what's going on? Because if one of my pups is destined to die for "balance" when I only HAVE 2 pups as a litter, then maybe this "balance" thing should be revisited by the devs

like i said, predator deaths can be prevented- you just have to play your cards correctly- it is NOT rng or luck-based. what kind of raid is it? I could probably help you out here.

[topp]

If the same pup keeps leaving the grass, they are probably more Bold then their siblings. Try and keep the predators away from the grass so this doesn't happen.

[💫Fable💫]

Pups can be scared out of the grass now as of the Saga update.

[local cryptid]

Originally posted by AbelWolf076:

Originally posted by local cryptid:

Sooo...am I just getting incredibely unlucky here and the pup is simply doomed to die or what's going on? Because if one of my pups is destined to die for "balance" when I only HAVE 2 pups as a litter, then maybe this "balance" thing should be revisited by the devs

like i said, predator deaths can be prevented- you just have to play your cards correctly- it is NOT rng or luck-based. what kind of raid is it? I could probably help you out here.

4 rival wolves. My packmates usually keep 3 of them far away while I take care of the 4th. After replaying from my save multiple times now, I noticed that my pup leaves the grass even when the rival wolves are nowhere near the grass patch it's hidden within. This is what's actually driving me up the wall. For my pup to flee the grass when the invader is near/on top is understandable, but her leaving when all the invaders are far away? Idk about that