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Comrade

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Military and Adventure Mode Kidnapping Questions
« on: July 27, 2010, 10:42:18 am »

1. If i select a squad and assign them a dwarf, why wont they kill him and just hover around him?

2. How does kidnapping work in adventure mode?
« Last Edit: July 27, 2010, 11:02:32 am by Comrade »
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Re: Military and Adventure Mode Kidnapping Questions
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2010, 11:37:02 am »

There is no kidnapping. You probably me knapping.
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Re: Military and Adventure Mode Kidnapping Questions
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2010, 11:54:14 am »

1. If i select a squad and assign them a dwarf, why wont they kill him and just hover around him?
I assume you mean select a squad and give them a kill order to kill a dwarf.

Is the dwarf one of yours?  You can't give orders to kill one of your own dwarves.

Otherwise, are you on the latest version?  There was a bug for a while where dwarves would refuse to kill any friendly creature.  This was fixed a few versions back.  Now they should kill any creature who isn't a member of your fortress.
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Re: Military and Adventure Mode Kidnapping Questions
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2010, 12:03:34 pm »

There is no kidnapping. You probably me knapping.

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Re: Military and Adventure Mode Kidnapping Questions
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2010, 12:41:50 pm »

1. If i select a squad and assign them a dwarf, why wont they kill him and just hover around him?
I assume you mean select a squad and give them a kill order to kill a dwarf.

Is the dwarf one of yours?  You can't give orders to kill one of your own dwarves.

Otherwise, are you on the latest version?  There was a bug for a while where dwarves would refuse to kill any friendly creature.  This was fixed a few versions back.  Now they should kill any creature who isn't a member of your fortress.

In 31.12 this is not necessarily true. I recently had a dwarf go insane and I ordered my squad to take preemptive action before he could injure anyone. After issuing the order the 7 dwarf squad kitted up and promptly dismembered their former comrade. After looking through the soldiers thoughts I only saw they had the "... lost a friend to tragedy recently." and the "... took joy in slaughter lately." Apparently in the newer version dwarves will happily slaughter their comrades without too much consequence.
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Re: Military and Adventure Mode Kidnapping Questions
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2010, 02:45:18 pm »

Is the dwarf one of yours?  You can't give orders to kill one of your own dwarves.

In 31.12 this is not necessarily true. I recently had a dwarf go insane and I ordered my squad to take preemptive action before he could injure anyone.
When a dwarf goes berserk, he is no longer one of yours.  He has become a hostile unit, and can be killed by your military.
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