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sir_laser

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On the Arrival of Monarchs
« on: January 20, 2011, 05:49:50 pm »
When they come, are they supposed to show up as "friendly" on the unit screen?
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Re: On the Arrival of Monarchs
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 06:55:32 pm »
This is a bug, caused by the monarch not counting as a member of your civilization for some reason.  Unfortunately, it means you'll never be able to assign him a room or anything, and he'll ignore your fortress and probably just wander around outside till he gets killed.
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Re: On the Arrival of Monarchs
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2011, 06:57:15 pm »
I believe this is caused if the monarch isn't a dwarf, hence not being part of your civ as far as the game is concerned.
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Re: On the Arrival of Monarchs
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2011, 07:00:18 pm »
This also happens when the monarch already was king/queen in a fortress of the same civilization before. As civilizations don't appoint new leaders after world generation you won't get a new monarch even if you kill him. Just remember to pick a different civilization or generate a new world for your next fort. Every time this has happened to me the cohort still showed up properly.
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Re: On the Arrival of Monarchs
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2011, 10:01:20 pm »
Quote from: Sphalerite on January 20, 2011, 06:55:32 pm
This is a bug, caused by the monarch not counting as a member of your civilization for some reason.  Unfortunately, it means you'll never be able to assign him a room or anything, and he'll ignore your fortress and probably just wander around outside till he gets killed.

Damn, wonder when Toady'll get around to this one.

Quote from: shlorf on January 20, 2011, 07:00:18 pm
This also happens when the monarch already was king/queen in a fortress of the same civilization before. As civilizations don't appoint new leaders after world generation you won't get a new monarch even if you kill him. Just remember to pick a different civilization or generate a new world for your next fort. Every time this has happened to me the cohort still showed up properly.

I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you are saying, could you please elaborate?
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