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Ai Shizuka

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Question about guard animals.
« on: July 07, 2012, 01:46:00 am »
I have a 3 tiles wide entrance to my fort.

Will my dogs detect thieves/snatchers if I pasture them in a 3x3 zone above the entrance with glass floor?
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Jacob/Lee

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Re: Question about guard animals.
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2012, 02:03:31 am »
They might be able to. If animals even make "observer" rolls, that is. Even if they could I doubt they'd catch anything trying to get in, so might as well just put them up top and have a guaranteed defense system.
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Re: Question about guard animals.
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2012, 02:43:23 am »
You might as well just block the hallway with a dog; center a 1x1 pasture and assign a single dog there. Should get the job done.
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Re: Question about guard animals.
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2012, 03:15:31 am »
a glass floor is not see through, so no, pasturing them above the entrance that way won't help.
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Ai Shizuka

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Re: Question about guard animals.
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2012, 02:09:53 am »
I wanted to keep them safe, while still being able to detect thieves and snatchers.

Will try something with grates.
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