Wildlife might get no water

[schoos76]

On maps without natural water sources, wild life might have a big problem staying on the map - they either get dehydrated or move away. Solutions

• Remove their water need (like Dub is doing in his mod)
• provide some basic water source for them

[schoos76]

In Extreme Desert and maybe also in der Desert Biome there is really no water available (hidden water spot always maps to 'real' water resources, it's just an access spot. Similar considerations for icesheet and other cold biomes, with only frozen water Possible Remedys:

• Remove their water need (like Dub is doing in his mod)
• Reduce their water need (would work e.g. for dromedary and likewise animals), could maybe done in code depending on the biome, to avoid unwanted side effect (like almost no water need when those animals are in moderate biomes). Still to be considered: how to handle tamed animals in this case?
• Cold biomes: provide water through eating snow

[TinyGecko]

Here is my approach to solve this problem, that I currently try to balance:

• Add water to all plants and trees, extra water where appropriate (agave, cactus..). Same for all fresh vegetables and fruit.
• Decrease thirst rate of animals that are common to extreme biomes.

result/ goal:

• Animals from extreme biomes can satisfy their thirst from eating FRESH plants/ food alone, without the need for extra water.
• All animals from all biomes need much less water as long as they can graze.

When you start feeding them kibble, hay or silage, all of them will require additional drinking water. Something similar could be done with corpses and meat to cover carnivores as well.

This solution doesn't break immersion by treating wild animals differently than tame animals as it would be the case with just removing their water need. Also it's fairly realistic (many real world animals in extreme habitats never drink, still they can die from dehydration if they don't find proper food).

What's your opinion?

[TinyGecko]

I would help with the balancing and patches for other mods!

[schoos76]

That's the main direction I was considering myself, but didn't have the time to followup so far. If you already have ideas for settings, let me know.