Catapults not hitting animal dens, bug or intended?

[Wulvarik 162]

If you head to Elevation, roughly 3780, 970 (judging from the pixels on an old map dump, but I could be off a bit.  Use your godly powers to fly up and look for a firing line made of sand) there's a catapult pointing at a bear den.

 

I was completely unable to hit the bear den with the catapult.  Repeated shots would hit my previous shots and give the message that I hit an item, but with only the bear den there it says I hit nothing.

 

Is this intentional behaviour?

[Alexgopen 2,376]

you have never been able to catapult dens. you have to bash them

[Wulvarik 162]

What differentiates the items that can be hit with a catapult from those that can't?

[Eobersig 1,005]

9 hours ago, Wulvarik said:

What differentiates the items that can be hit with a catapult from those that can't?

 

In general terms siege weapons damage structures, i.e. objects blocking movements (walls, fences, etc.)

[Wulvarik 162]

Right, but what about non-general terms?

 

There is a message in the game specifically for when the catapult hits an item.

[Darklords 2,238]

That's the message for item piles on the ground.