Sheepdog - Border Collie Herding Mod
Sheepdog - Border Collie Herding Mod
[b]v1.3.1[/b]
- Fixed pen animals unable to find food in certain conditions
- Fixed herding/guarding training appearing on unintended animals (wolves, etc.)
[b]v1.3[/b]
- Improved roaming prevention
- Added dog door designation feature
Tired of your livestock wandering off the map?
Sheepdog adds the Border Collie — an intelligent herding dog that keeps your animals where they belong.
[b]The collie AI is still being refined. It won't break your game or other mods, but your dog may sometimes act a bit... derpy.[/b]
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Features
🐕 Herding
- Team & solo herding commands: "Herd to pen" / "Release to graze"
- Multi-pen support — automatically moves through each pen in order
- Multi-dog cooperation for faster, more precise herding
🚪 Automatic Pen Door Management
- Opens only the shortest-path doors from pen to outdoors
- Closes all pen doors when herding completes
- Pen Lock — animals stay inside once herded in
- Pen overlay gizmo — visualize pen areas, entrances, and path doors
🐾 Dog Door Designation
- Designate specific doors as dog doors (Architect menu > Sheepdog tab)
- Only designated doors will be used for herding
- If no doors are designated, shortest path is used automatically
🐄 Roaming Prevention
- Collies automatically prevent livestock from entering roaming state
🐺 Predator Response
Who will be the poor scapegoat? (Spoiler: probably not the sheep.)
- Lurking predator: Collies scare it off together!
- Hungry predator: One collie acts as a decoy, luring it away from livestock
- Manhunter: Lure attempt first, then all collies attack if it doesn't disengage
- Toggle on/off per collie via gizmo
📋 Schedule
- 24-hour activity schedule per collie (Rest / Free / Release / Herd)
- Herding takes priority over sleep — collies finish the job before resting
- Schedule UI in the animal tab
🎓 Training
- Herding training — higher skill means more accurate herding direction
- Guarding training — higher skill means better survival against predators
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How to Get a Border Collie
Border Collies can be purchased from traders. They do not spawn in the wild.
Compatibility
- No DLC required
- Safe with other mods — only affects Border Collies
- Harmony patching
Known Quirks
- The collie may occasionally take suboptimal paths in complex terrain
- Predator luring works best in open areas
