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Shamanifest

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Can't slaughter animals?
« on: June 13, 2015, 11:28:32 am »
Hey there. I am a simi-new player to DF and am having some issues getting my dwarfs to slaughter a few animals I have. I have the animals set to be slaughtered, a butchers work shop built, a dwarf set with the slaughter privilege, and auto-slaughter set in my workshop orders but nothing is happening. Any ideas on how to resolve this? Thanks!
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Re: Can't slaughter animals?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2015, 11:39:15 am »
Is the path from the animal to the butcher shop blocked? Are the animals in cages?
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Re: Can't slaughter animals?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2015, 12:07:45 pm »
- Is the butcher busy doing other things?
- Is there a butcher job in the butcher workshop and at the jobs screen?
- I don't think caged animals have been an issue in the past, though.
- Are the animals pastures outside and you have forgotten to disable a civilian alert blocking dwarves from going outside after an attack?
- Have you double checked that the animals are designated for slaughter?
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Re: Can't slaughter animals?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2015, 01:16:23 pm »
Quote from: PatrikLundell on June 13, 2015, 12:07:45 pm
- Is the butcher busy doing other things?
- Is there a butcher job in the butcher workshop and at the jobs screen?
- I don't think caged animals have been an issue in the past, though.
- Are the animals pastures outside and you have forgotten to disable a civilian alert blocking dwarves from going outside after an attack?
- Have you double checked that the animals are designated for slaughter?

Found the problem, there was a tack in the butchers workshop that it was unable to complete. Thanks much! I spent all afternoon yesterday fighting with this issue.
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