Dead Elk

[OBAMFSpike]

There is nothing anyone can do to help in this situation other than the developers fixing a horrible issue with the boats. ( I know its easy to point fingers but after careful consideration Ive failed to recognize any other issue here aside from me being afk which had nothing to do with my elk losing its life when I dismounted the boat effectively dismounting my elk too)

Why are you lying down like that Nevaeh? My elk was killed on board while I was hooking a battery charger to my car in real life. (Three minutes around about is all.) 

No big deal. I can heal it. (Actually im stoked to try cause ive lost a few elk now and didn't realize I could heal them with my honey sulfur bandages.)

Wrong. 

The moment I left the boat, because you cannot shift or control (you can control click BUT the hit boxes for crates and chests on the boat are in the way of targeting the mortally wounded animal) click from the seat of the boat, my elk was now placed on the beach I had deadheaded on and wouldn't you know I could no longer heal him?

So yeah, big mad and disconnected to blow some steam so I didn't say or do regrettable things and then after cooling off ive logged to collect my sturdy gear and extra steel tools and sturdy leather saddle bags and on and on and its all gone. All gone. Goodbye Albino beauty. With your creepy eyes. 

Im aware I could have logged while attending to real life issues. 

But it would be swell if simple timers for things such as healing our elks couldn't be negated. It's maddening and a deal breaker when this is the third elk ive burned through. 

IRL Id expect someone to report me for animal cruelty. 

Anyways my input. Take it or leave it. 

Thanks for an awesome game. 

(Can we add the ability to back up servers again too?) (asking for a friend)

[LadyWYT]

If it's in a boat and not a player, it seems like it really ought to be safe from pests and other hazards.

4 minutes ago, OBAMFSpike said:

ive logged to collect my sturdy gear and extra steel tools and sturdy leather saddle bags and on and on and its all gone. All gone. Goodbye Albino beauty. With your creepy eyes. 

Can one of the server admins replace your stuff for you, maybe, since it was an accident/glitch? It seems like it would be a reasonable request.

Also because inquiring minds just got to know...can you eat the elk after it dies, or does it just turn into a bony carcass?

[OBAMFSpike]

47 minutes ago, LadyWYT said:

If it's in a boat and not a player, it seems like it really ought to be safe from pests and other hazards.

Can one of the server admins replace your stuff for you, maybe, since it was an accident/glitch? It seems like it would be a reasonable request.

Also because inquiring minds just got to know...can you eat the elk after it dies, or does it just turn into a bony carcass?

I do agree concerning the health of the elk while in the boat. (this was the edit I forget to address this question.)

Yes you can eat the elk after they've fallen and they provide a healthy amount of all goods involved UNLESS they are taken out by drifters as the flavor text suggests they've been  defiled by nasty creatures. I didn't get to harvest this guy though as I should have. I was a bit miffed and had to collect my thoughts. Ive been dealing with a lot of stress which I hate to admit has become normal in my life. I just would like something to work right for me and not fight me tooth and nail like a white blood cell hugging a virus. But im ready to eradicate them all. 

The elk provides more red meat, hides and bones then the bighorn. Oddly ive not found Moose in this play through but plenty of caribou and the elk gives more meat then they do too in my experience. I have a ranch near my base that I attempted to bread my own elk as I found an area that they naturally spawn. I caught one pair and they don't breed like other animals.  A real shame. So now im left to trying to catch a young elk. I will note here that female elk (Cows) do not bugle. They mew like a calf. It's actually a comforting sound to be honest. If you ever have an elk bugle within a few feet of you im certain you'll loose continence as their bugle will shake your blood. I know from personal experience. Awe inspiring even. 

I'll talk to the server curator as we have no admins (ive offered to fill the role as I play multiple hours daily). He has helped out a lot in the past im just tired of crawling to him with elk problems. Ive lost an elk to sync issues, one to unstable soil problems (yes, my elk literally died from underneath me while running across unstable soil). So this time I thought no big deal. I'll patch it up and administer meds and all will be well. Nope. So I guess I'll have to ask him. He just didn't sound to enthused as it all went down. 

How about leave me alone glitches! FML sheesh! XD

Edited Thursday at 04:38 AM by OBAMFSpike

[LadyWYT]

1 hour ago, OBAMFSpike said:

I have a ranch near my base that I attempted to bread my own elk as I found an area that they naturally spawn. I caught one pair and they don't breed like other animals.  A real shame.

I don't know how well this works, or whether it's an option for the server you play on, but luckily there is a mod to fix this, at least. https://mods.vintagestory.at/universalhusbandry

[OBAMFSpike]

3 minutes ago, LadyWYT said:

I don't know how well this works, or whether it's an option for the server you play on, but luckily there is a mod to fix this, at least. https://mods.vintagestory.at/universalhusbandry

You my friend (hope thats okay) are the bees knees. Thanks for always being a big help. I'll run this by Crowe. I LOVE THIS IDEA. 

[OBAMFSpike]

So this is the third incident ive had with the elk. Even the server im on the proprietor said the elk are too problematic and he suggested not using them. 

This world really knows how to keep a man down sometimes. Lol. Anyways. It would be cool to see some these issues ironed out that ive experienced. Not sure they are being addressed but I'll keep attempting to report them as I stumble upon them. I play A LOT. Id love to a be a tester for the devs. A man can dream too. 

[LadyWYT]

13 minutes ago, OBAMFSpike said:

Id love to a be a tester for the devs.

You already are, if you're playing the game and reporting bugs as you find them. 

As for how/when bugs get addressed, hard to say for certain. The devs do work on it, but I think how fast a bug gets fixed depends on what kind of bug it is and what the devs know about said bug. I'm just speculating here, but the elk bugs seem to be more of an issue with multiplayer, and those kinds of issues can be harder to pin down and develop a fix for, at least I think.

[OBAMFSpike]

Now I just need to figure out how to share the crash reports on the Github. Or whatever it's called. 

Im struggling getting 1.22.1 to upload on my Mac too. All around just having a difficult time. Rain and all that good stuff. Pouring. Hahahahahaha. 

[LadyWYT]

9 hours ago, OBAMFSpike said:

Now I just need to figure out how to share the crash reports on the Github. Or whatever it's called. 

To my knowledge all it requires is a Github account. From there you can just attach a copy of the crash log into the report, as well the other log files as those will generally show what was going on in your game. For multiplayer, you may need to get copies of the server logs from the server owner.

Fair warning that in the event you're using mods, the first question that typically gets asked is "Does the issue happen without any mods?" It's best to verify that the issue can be reproduced in vanilla, but that's not always possible when the issue happens in multiplayer, so describing what was going on at the time the issue occurred and what mods were used can help.

You could also try posting the crash report and logs on the forums to see if anyone can decipher them. 

[OBAMFSpike]

I appreciate the help.