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lorb

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How to tame a penguin?
« on: April 04, 2011, 01:53:28 am »

I have caught some penguins (all 3 kinds of them) and now they are sitting on my animals stockpile in their cages.
Can i tame them? I have already succesfully tamed some mountain goates but the penguins don't show up in the kennels.
They don't have [PET_EXOTIC] in the raws. Why can't i have them waddle arround my fortress as pets?
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JAFANZ

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Re: How to tame a penguin?
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 02:06:02 am »

do they have [PET] instead of [PET_Exotic]? if not, add it, reload, & you should be able to tame them I think.
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lorb

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Re: How to tame a penguin?
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2011, 02:57:40 am »

Thank you! That did it.
Though this kind of looks like a bug to me.
What use is it that they have [PETVALUE:10] but neither [PET_EXOTIC] nor [PET] ?
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Re: How to tame a penguin?
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2011, 07:37:29 am »

{PETVALUE:10] also defines how valuable meat & bone from butchering them are per unit IIRC.
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Re: How to tame a penguin?
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2011, 09:43:13 am »

No, that is:
Code: [Select]
[SELECT_MATERIAL:ALL]
[MULTIPLY_VALUE:10]
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JmzLost

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Re: How to tame a penguin?
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2011, 12:19:58 pm »

It's not a bug, there are some animals dwarves weren't meant to tame.  Like that's every stopped us :D.

The elves can tame animals that do not have [PET] or [PET_EXOTIC].  The [PET_VALUE] determines how much those animals add to the wealth of your fortress (before you turn them into soap, biscuits, and bolts).

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Re: How to tame a penguin?
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2011, 03:55:16 pm »

PET_VALUE determines how much the live creature is worth during trade (in addition to the value of the cage in which it is stored).
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