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Nyxalinth

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Map with no creatures
« on: December 21, 2009, 09:06:05 pm »
I just embarked on a marshland map. No creatures at all, other than vermin. Is this normal, or did I somehow acquire a bug?  Anyone else ever experience this?
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2009, 09:07:37 pm »
I played a game of Kobold Camp in a PERFECT place like this. No vicious nasties to hurt my backwards kobolds, who happily fished from the brook in the middle of the camp.
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2009, 09:14:39 pm »
some will probably show up after a while.  Its surprising there aren't at least a couple hoary marmots or whatever though. 
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2009, 09:25:37 pm »
This happened to me a couple times in other maps (not a marshland), they usually show up pretty soon though.
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2009, 09:47:52 pm »
Quote from: quinnr on December 21, 2009, 09:25:37 pm
This happened to me a couple times in other maps (not a marshland), they usually show up pretty soon though.
My kobold camp map had no animals show up. Ever. The worst we got was goblin snatchers and elven seiges. Stupid elves.
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2009, 09:48:44 pm »
Given that there's a limited population of wild animals, it's not beyond plausibility that you could arrive only to find they've all already died. I've never experienced it myself, though.
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2009, 10:05:55 pm »
My very first fort was like this, but I thought nothing of it, because it was my very first fortress and I had no idea what was going on anyway.
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2009, 10:24:46 pm »
I played on a serene swamp on a remote island and I never got any wildlife, none in the ocean and none on land. I thought it was kind of cool.
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2009, 01:41:23 am »
There's no benign swamp creatures in vanilla df. The only non-predator creatures in swamp/marsh maps are slugmen and snailmen and they're only in savage areas. So if your map is calm/serene/sinister, no animals.
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2009, 02:07:14 am »
It's happened to me a few times.

Once I embarked on dwarf heaven and there were no creatures, and another time on my 38747384th reclaim attempt at a carp infested river there were no creatures.
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2009, 09:18:53 am »
Thanks, guys. That makes more sense, then. I was expecting at least a few creatures. Hope I dont get any bonecrafter moods :D
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Re: Map with no creatures
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2009, 09:50:01 am »
Try out terrifying mashlands for a change.

Oh the beak dogs...

Once had a wave of immagrants show up at the exact time and place as a pack of 7 beakdogs. Lets just say the engraver engraved many Bs.

They can be tamed and used as war beak dogs though.
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