Is he eating the barn itself?
His name is SideKick, he's a young Belgian x Forest Horse. He is the only one of my 5 or 6 horses (1 pregnant mare, 4 stallions) who has been staying in the Main Barn through several "days" (about 4-1/2 months of horse life) and is continuing to recover his energy every day, even with training sessions. Furthermore, he has even *gained* weight and is now BCS 9.
The mare stays in the pasture always. She too has gained weight, but I've been told by a more experienced player that she must have constant access to food or risk losing the foal.
The three stallions other than SideKick gain a little from being in the pasture. When they get over BCS 6, I put them in the barn overnight and they lose a BCS point. Then I put them in the pasture and resume training. So that works for them as expected, but what's going on with SideKick?
The mare stays in the pasture always. She too has gained weight, but I've been told by a more experienced player that she must have constant access to food or risk losing the foal.
The three stallions other than SideKick gain a little from being in the pasture. When they get over BCS 6, I put them in the barn overnight and they lose a BCS point. Then I put them in the pasture and resume training. So that works for them as expected, but what's going on with SideKick?
Re: Is he eating the barn itself?
Try feeding him less food. That may be the problem. I've done that before.
Re: Is he eating the barn itself?
Thanks -- you inspired me to check his Feeding chart and location. While he isn't getting any supplemental food, he is grazing, occasionally. I guess in the potential confusion of juggling the BCS and energy levels of 4 stallions, maybe he got more pasture time than I realized.
Another thing is that maybe I did the first step of changing his location but then did not issue the second part of the command, so that it could have looked as if he was in the barn when I had only *intended* to put him there.
I appreciate how quickly you posted a useful response! Thanks again.
Best wishes,
Scythian
Another thing is that maybe I did the first step of changing his location but then did not issue the second part of the command, so that it could have looked as if he was in the barn when I had only *intended* to put him there.
I appreciate how quickly you posted a useful response! Thanks again.
Best wishes,
Scythian
Re: Is he eating the barn itself?
The amount of food the mare has access to does not matter, currently. At the moment, mares will always become pregnant and will never lose a foal.Scythian wrote:The mare stays in the pasture always. She too has gained weight, but I've been told by a more experienced player that she must have constant access to food or risk losing the foal.
Re: Is he eating the barn itself?
It's good to know that at this point mares can be assured to live and deliver their foals.
"Eating the barn" -- Back in those bad old days before the Great Upgrade, it was more difficult to figure out what your horse was receiving!
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The incident which inspired the cautionary statement about pregnant mares happened months ago. My "more experienced player" friend told me she had inadvertently left a pregnant mare in a barn without food for several games turns, and it "lost" the foal. She is an honest and careful person and I thought this could have happened.
She lives in the country and her ISP is overpriced and undergood. Maybe some signals got contaminated between the friend's computer and HWO's servers (many 100s of Klicks/miles apart, though on the same continent). To this day her browser unpredictably, occasionally skips ahead more than one game day at a time. Other people playing HWO at her home with the same Internet connection and different hardware have also seen this occur.
"Eating the barn" -- Back in those bad old days before the Great Upgrade, it was more difficult to figure out what your horse was receiving!
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The incident which inspired the cautionary statement about pregnant mares happened months ago. My "more experienced player" friend told me she had inadvertently left a pregnant mare in a barn without food for several games turns, and it "lost" the foal. She is an honest and careful person and I thought this could have happened.
She lives in the country and her ISP is overpriced and undergood. Maybe some signals got contaminated between the friend's computer and HWO's servers (many 100s of Klicks/miles apart, though on the same continent). To this day her browser unpredictably, occasionally skips ahead more than one game day at a time. Other people playing HWO at her home with the same Internet connection and different hardware have also seen this occur.