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CatKate

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no hostile creatures
« on: February 22, 2015, 01:25:31 pm »
Hey guys,

in my current game there are no hostile creatures. Or rather, there are, but they are not tagged hostile and behave just like usual wildlife. I read that there was a bug; however this continues now for some version upgrades. Currently have .40.24 and still going on. The fortress started on version 40.15, maybe?

Is there any chance to make these creatures hostile again? Or is the only way to retire and start a new fortress (urgh)?

Thanks for your help!
Cheers,
Cat

[copied from questions & answers thread since nobody answered there ... :-( ]
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BesorgterZwerg

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Re: no hostile creatures
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2015, 02:17:10 pm »
Never heard of this bug. Can i ask which creatures for example dont behave how they should?

Also you can now try to retire/unretire your fort, maybe this fixes your problem.
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CatKate

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Re: no hostile creatures
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2015, 04:33:54 pm »
Hey,
thanks for your reply.

In my current fortress, all creatures that usually are tagged "hostile" are tagged "wild animal" and behave as such. I had ogres on the map that just roamed around and didn't path into my fortress, and when they finally did (after months; I suspect it was rather random), they didn't attack anything and ignored my dwarfs and were ignored as well. A bunch of harpies never attacked anything, I realized they were around only because I had a look into the unit-screen at the right time. All the cave creatures are tagged "wild animal" as well and ignore my dwarfs as well. The only hostiles I get are those with the sieges.

I read some similar behaviour once in this thread:
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=7369
However, since this was a rather old version I was hoping that there was a solution or at least an explanation around ...

Thanks,
Cat
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PatrikLundell

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Re: no hostile creatures
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2015, 02:55:15 am »
I'm not sure they are supposed to be tagged as anything but wild animals. Everything I've encountered in the caverns and overland has been tagged as wild animals, with the exceptions of some, but not all, animal men (rat men, and some other type). Also, invaders of various kinds (goblins, kobolds, FBs, ettins, etc) are tagged differently, as are clowns.
Thus, I suspect the problem lies with behavior rather than labeling. Sadly, I have no advice to get them to behave (badly).
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