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Medicine Man

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How do I get a beast out of a cage?
« on: August 15, 2010, 10:50:03 am »

I have a few things stuck in cages,they are hostile and I want to get them out.How do I?I have tried to link the cages up to a lever but that isn't working for some reason and I don't know anything else to do  :(
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Re: How do I get a beast out of a cage?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2010, 10:54:11 am »

I have a few things stuck in cages,they are hostile and I want to get them out.How do I?I have tried to link the cages up to a lever but that isn't working for some reason and I don't know anything else to do  :(

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Cages
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Re: How do I get a beast out of a cage?
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2010, 11:00:19 am »

Nothing is working.
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Re: How do I get a beast out of a cage?
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2010, 11:14:39 am »

Nothing is working.

Your cage is probably still sitting in the stockpile. Before you link it to a lever, you have to BUILD it (ie: set it up; which is not at all the same as constructing it in the first place).

Press 'b' - 'j' - select a spot - 'x' - select the cage - 'Enter',
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Re: How do I get a beast out of a cage?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2010, 11:18:52 am »

My cage was in a cage trap,triggered by a beast and then I made a dwarf drag it down to a pit.so it should already be built
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Re: How do I get a beast out of a cage?
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2010, 11:25:00 am »

My cage was in a cage trap,triggered by a beast and then I made a dwarf drag it down to a pit.so it should already be built

No... an occupied cage unloaded from a cage trap goes into STOCKPILE... the same as a newly-constructed cage fresh from a workshop.

Use the keystrokes that I gave you above:

 'b' - 'j' - select a spot - 'x' - select the cage - 'Enter'

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... and then I made a dwarf drag it down to a pit.

How?
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Re: How do I get a beast out of a cage?
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2010, 11:31:12 am »

Thanks.
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