I settled in the dark forest but Schrat's keep forcing me to reload as they randomly pop out of the great trees I cut. I looked at their stat sheet and there's no clear weakness my rag tag starting colony could exploit.

I need to cut those trees if only to see what's going on on my screen but doing so ends in everyone dying, so how can I deal with them or turn them off? I looked in the mod settings but I can't find an option to turn them off.

Any and all help or advice appreciated. Thank you!