Pets in stables.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:34 pm
It's come to my attention that there is a myth that stable maintenance is only performed once per day, when it is actually a more continuous process.
If you always re-stable your creatures on the same day of the week, you are very likely going to lose pets unless you do it at the same time of day or earlier on each successive weekday.
The decay time is 7 days, and the pets are checked hourly do determine if they have been in there more than seven days, or if their owners have been deleted. If they are no longer valid, they will be deleted at that time.
The new stable system is a nearly a complete rewrite. The 7 days has always been a minimum, but the "grace" period may be a little shorter now which may be leading to some of the reported pet disappearances.
If you always re-stable your creatures on the same day of the week, you are very likely going to lose pets unless you do it at the same time of day or earlier on each successive weekday.
The decay time is 7 days, and the pets are checked hourly do determine if they have been in there more than seven days, or if their owners have been deleted. If they are no longer valid, they will be deleted at that time.
The new stable system is a nearly a complete rewrite. The 7 days has always been a minimum, but the "grace" period may be a little shorter now which may be leading to some of the reported pet disappearances.