Sheepdog - Border Collie Herding Mod
v1.3.1
- Fixed pen animals unable to find food in certain conditions
- Fixed herding/guarding training appearing on unintended animals (wolves, etc.)
v1.3
- 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.
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.
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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
