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nopil3os

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« on: March 12, 2012, 09:14:14 am »

is it just me or do cats take insanely long to not choose owners anymore in 34.x? in all my 31.x forts i had to put real effort into avoiding catsplosions. now i even buy them from caravans to have them deal with vermin (didn't bother to bring some on embark). and then they die from ambushes.
i do like the idea of having one "fortress cat" but getting one after the old one died turned into real work now...
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I'd be shocked if dwarves didn't eat the demons they killed. After all, if they're willing to eat a poison spewing monstrosity, why not a flying dinosaur thing that hates all life?

slothen

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Re: cats
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2012, 09:17:49 am »

also fewer cats due to most migrants showing up with pet bunnies or cavy whatevers or hamsters as pets.
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Re: cats
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2012, 09:23:45 am »

I think it's just the addition of new animals. Dwarves adopt pets vice versa based on their prefstring, with all the new animals you'll run into fewer dwarves that like cats.

nopil3os

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Re: cats
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2012, 09:53:28 am »

so cats not adopting because no one likes them anymore... hrm..
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I'd be shocked if dwarves didn't eat the demons they killed. After all, if they're willing to eat a poison spewing monstrosity, why not a flying dinosaur thing that hates all life?

Yaotzin

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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2012, 09:58:10 am »

Yeah I usually end up with all the cats adopting the same dwarf.

Which isn't terribly unrealistic, come to think of it.
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Re: cats
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2012, 10:14:30 am »

Like this?

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Re: cats
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2012, 10:52:15 am »

I've been snipping out prefstrings.  Oh you like keas?  We're on a glacier.  You're getting a dog.