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clc02

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Nothing in the western swamps?
« on: September 07, 2009, 08:38:44 pm »
Just got this weird announcement in brown saying "There is nothing to catch in the western swamps."  Any idea what this means?  Happened just before winter.
First time I ever recall seeing it.
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Re: Nothing in the western swamps?
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2009, 08:47:40 pm »
Means that your fisher dwarves have exhausted the supply of water borne food in the western region of your map. I regularly get it. They then switch to a different patch. It eventually replenishes mind.
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Re: Nothing in the western swamps?
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2009, 08:51:02 pm »
Must of been a fisher dwarf in the migration wave.  Usually I switch their labors off and have them haul.
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Re: Nothing in the western swamps?
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2009, 09:02:39 pm »
Huh. Not sure then. Are you on a cold map? Maybe if it freezes you get the same message? But then there's the problem of a freezing swamp... Can't think of anything else though... Evaporation perhaps?
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Quote from: Skorpion on September 26, 2009, 07:29:15 pm
It seems very dwarven to use the hell itself as a garbage disposal. I can just see this isolated pile of goblin clothing, rotten food, and chunks of animals sitting there in a featureless plain, slowly cooking in the heat as demons pick at it.

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Re: Nothing in the western swamps?
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2009, 11:01:51 pm »
Perhaps there just wasn't anything in there to begin with?

Also, fish are supposedly meant to replenish, but I've been getting 'there is nothing to catch in the river/cave river' notes for years, and no more raw fish.
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Re: Nothing in the western swamps?
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2009, 05:11:17 am »
Quote from: Skorpion on September 07, 2009, 11:01:51 pm
Also, fish are supposedly meant to replenish, but I've been getting 'there is nothing to catch in the river/cave river' notes for years, and no more raw fish.

you could be over-fishing then, so that they don't have a chance to replenish....maybe.
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Re: Nothing in the western swamps?
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2009, 07:54:03 am »
Quote from: zooeyglass on September 08, 2009, 05:11:17 am
Quote from: Skorpion on September 07, 2009, 11:01:51 pm
Also, fish are supposedly meant to replenish, but I've been getting 'there is nothing to catch in the river/cave river' notes for years, and no more raw fish.

you could be over-fishing then, so that they don't have a chance to replenish....maybe.

Fish only replenish a limited amount - once you catch enough, they're gone forever and you can retire your fisherdwarves and train them in another profession (or put them in the military/guard).
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Re: Nothing in the western swamps?
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2009, 07:41:43 pm »
What are you catching?  If you're catching turtles then you can't catch them in the winter.  Otherwise check the wiki for the game data.  Like how the turtle has a [NO_WINTER] tag.
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