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[Dark_T_Zeratul]

I ran into an interesting problem tonight.  The dwarven merchants arrived for the first time, but I was unable to trade with them.  No matter what trade I proposed, no matter if they were 3000+ weight short of their max and at a 50% profit or if they were trading at a loss, I would always get the message "I wish I could take more, but my poor animals..."  The only time I would ever get another message was when I tried trading nothing, in which case they would ask me if I wanted to make an offer.

Ultimately, the traders left without my being able to purchase anything.  I'll update this post next game-year with whether or not they take stuff then.

[Dark_T_Zeratul]

Everything worked fine the next year.  Not sure what happened the first time.

[Derakon]

If I recall correctly, that specific message is given when you are offering items to the traders, gratis. That's different from doing a trade.

[Dark_T_Zeratul]

Oh, I was definitely taking stuff from them.  Heck, I even tried trade them them one mechanism ($180, 267 weight) in exchange for three chunks of stone ($5 and between 500 and 600 weight each) and a cage ($40, 1134 weight).  The trader gained $115 and lost about 2500 weight.  He said he was overburdened.

[Feodoric]

If you designate stuff to be traded in both windows, but then hit 'o'ffer instead of 't'rade, I'm pretty sure it just ignores the left hand side of the screen.

[ein Syndication]

Feodoric, Derakon, you're not listening. His issue is that the caravan says it's overweight when he tries to trade even though he's taking more weight from him than he's giving.

Edit: Okay, so I was wrong. Sorry Feodoric and Derakon.

[Joseph Miles]

Too late now, and doesn't fix the bug really, but next time you have that problem destroy the trade depot, take their shit. You're happy, they're no longer overburdened.

[Derakon]

Feodoric, Derakon, you're not listening. His issue is that the caravan says it's overweight when he tries to trade even though he's taking more weight from him than he's giving.

A common problem for people new to trading is that they hit 'o'ffer instead of 't'rade, with results as described here.

[Dark_T_Zeratul]

That's actually what I did, yeah.  Didn't even notice until after I'd sent two elven caravans and a dwarven one away with lots of stuff without receiving anything in return (though I didn't notice the lack of returns until after I didn't get the anvil I thought I'd traded for).

[Makrond]

On the positive side, the elves and dwarves will be extremely happy with you.

[Skizelo]

This is a positive because imagine their surprise when they fall into magma.
Priceless!