Fox just plowed a hole through my base

[Josemite]

Was chilling in my base and suddenly noticed a fox punching a hole through the base. He destroyed the gate on one side, then 2 drying racks and a wall on the other side. Base is fully paved with stick walls. There's plenty of room for him to get out of the area he presumably spawned at.

[Burinn]

Foxes are passive. You had to have aggro'ed it first then went AFK while it blasted through your undried base.


You're an idot.

[MagicManICT]

Foxes are passive. You had to have aggro'ed it first then went AFK while it blasted through your undried base.


You're an idot.

Don't be an idiot when replying.

Was chilling in my base and suddenly noticed a fox punching a hole through the base. He destroyed the gate on one side, then 2 drying racks and a wall on the other side. Base is fully paved with stick walls. There's plenty of room for him to get out of the area he presumably spawned at.

Do you have a claim down? If not, animals can spawn in the area. I can't say whether you have your base properly covered or not to prevent spawning without seeing something that would say "No, it shouldn't have spawned here," or, "Yes, it could have spawned here." If animals can't path to where they want to go, they'll start breaking things.

So no, there's no need to aggro a fox. it will start trying to escape such a prison if possible.

[Josemite]

Here's a picture after rebuilding the walls. The circled gate was destroyed. The arrow is the path I saw him taking, I have not replaced the drying racks that were destroyed. Unless something weird happened the fox should not have been aggro'd, my starts aren't anywhere high enough to start fighting. I think I may have seen a quail or something he may have been chasing... Is it possible he was trying to catch that, then it moved into the base (because it can fly) so the fox couldn't get to it without destroying the gate? And at that point he was probably flagged for destroying stuff so just kept rolling?

[MagicManICT]

I think I may have seen a quail or something he may have been chasing... Is it possible he was trying to catch that, then it moved into the base (because it can fly) so the fox couldn't get to it without destroying the gate?

Possible. I've not seen them chase birds myself, just smaller ground animals. However, once animals get the "break things" going, they tend to start breaking at random until at least a few things are smashed in random directions.

So it spawned off the paved area, probably off the claim all together, and smashed in through the gate if I'm reading this right. Seems odd, but if the pathing code didn't look far enough around the fence, it would have taken the most direct line: through the fence.

[Josemite]

I think I may have seen a quail or something he may have been chasing... Is it possible he was trying to catch that, then it moved into the base (because it can fly) so the fox couldn't get to it without destroying the gate?

Possible. I've not seen them chase birds myself, just smaller ground animals. However, once animals get the "break things" going, they tend to start breaking at random until at least a few things are smashed in random directions.

So it spawned off the paved area, probably off the claim all together, and smashed in through the gate if I'm reading this right. Seems odd, but if the pathing code didn't look far enough around the fence, it would have taken the most direct line: through the fence.

Yeah didn't see it until it was in the middle of the base but that's what it seems like happened. If it's destination was the location of a bird it was chasing, and that location was inside the fence, then the only way to get there would be to break the fence. Once that happened it can get to it, so it stops breaking? Then when the bird flew over the drying racks and other wall it had to destroy again to get to it? Again I'm only like 60% sure it was chasing a bird, but that's my theory as to what may have happened.

[abt79]

Foxes are passive. You had to have aggro'ed it first then went AFK while it blasted through your undried base.


You're an idot.

1. Foxes are aggressive to small animals (such as birds which can fly over walls)
2. idot lmao

[battleslayer888]

Animals when fleeing may destroy objects behind them to escape. Or if they are chasing something then they will destroy anything to get to it. Whatever it was chasing must've been inside your claim, considering the gates closed, it must've been a bird. You have just fences, so it would've been enough to destroy it. You can use this actually to your advantage to destroy peoples palisades by getting any animal to flee in a cage and locking it behind, while it destroys the palisade in question. Takes a lot of coordination and luck, but it works.

[battleslayer888]

Animals when fleeing may destroy objects behind them to escape. Or if they are chasing something then they will destroy anything to get to it. Whatever it was chasing must've been inside your claim, considering the gates closed, it must've been a bird. You have just fences, so it would've been enough to destroy it. You can use this actually to your advantage to destroy peoples palisades by getting any animal to flee in a cage and locking it behind, while it destroys the palisade in question. Takes a lot of coordination and luck, but it works. (has to be fleeing, not dragged, otherwise considered vandalism and doesn't work.

[jorb]

The pathfinding algorithm may not always do the most optimal thing. Not sure I mind the outcome here too much.