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rylen

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why ponds
« on: October 14, 2006, 02:23:00 pm »
I dug out a pair of ponds.  One I've stocked with lobsters and the other cave fish.  Does this accomplish anything?  I don't see how I can foodify the critters.  They don't seem to breed.  And I don't think the dwarves are popping in to have a look.

Does a pond raise the value of a room?  Could I improve noble rooms by giving them fish ponds?

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Re: why ponds
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2006, 04:39:00 pm »
They're used to improve rooms, and to be an aspect of a "zoo" which your dwarves can start parties in.
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Re: why ponds
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2006, 02:07:00 am »
have a pond.. no traps yet (to capture the fish).. i was thinking it might act like a cage... you know.. you put the fish in.. they breed after a while.. and you gut them.
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Re: why ponds
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2006, 01:01:00 pm »
it would be nice to be able to stock fishponds in a "safe" area.  As far as I know, the cave is always under threat from frog/lizard/snakemen, and your indoor fishers are occassionally lost to these nasties.

It would be keen to stock ponds of breeding fish, so that you could fish in a safe area.

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Re: why ponds
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2006, 01:15:00 pm »
fishing as a recreation?

... fish farming?

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Re: why ponds
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2006, 10:39:00 pm »
It's not like they don't do that in real life.  Haven't you ever heard of farm-grown salmon?

That's honestly what I thought the pond in this game was for, too, though it now occurs to me that there's no way to tell a dwarf where to fish from, which kind of sucks because they've yet to learn that there aren't any fish in the outside river.

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Re: why ponds
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2006, 01:16:00 am »
Actually, are there EVER any fish in the outside river? I don't think I've ever seen a dwarf catch anything from it. Am I just starting in bad areas, or fishing at the wrong seasons?

(Or are there some raw files I could change to add river fish? My outside dwarf colonies tire of nothing but turtle, turtle biscuits, turtle stew and turtle roast; "Turtle and Turtle Alone Day" gets tiring after a few months...)

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