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SmokedRWA

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Appointed Baron
« on: March 18, 2011, 01:26:10 pm »
So I was given the choice to appoint my Baron, and stupidly I appointed my Mayor/Expedition Leader/Bookkeeper/Legendary-Artifact Mechanic and now he is completely useless. I have tried editing the entity_default raws under the save but they don't seem to do much of anything at all. Is there something specific that I need to add or change to the .txt file or am I screwed? If anything I would like to just be able to appoint a new Baron myself without having to kill one of my most useful dwarves.
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Girlinhat

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Re: Appointed Baron
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2011, 01:30:29 pm »
Entity changes don't effect an existing world.  After all, the entity already exists.  Sadly, no, all I can say here is "you live and learn.  Losing is fun!"
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SmokedRWA

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Re: Appointed Baron
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2011, 01:44:00 pm »
Sad days
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Dutchling

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Re: Appointed Baron
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2011, 02:09:12 pm »
Quote from: SmokedRWA on March 18, 2011, 01:44:00 pm
Sad days

There is a solution!
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[SUCCESSION:BY_HEIR]1) make a burrow for him and all your female dwarves
2) lock them up
3) ??? <-wait 12 years and kill the baron
4) profit

EDIT: There is just one little problem I just realize :S he dies

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Krelos

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Re: Appointed Baron
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2011, 03:16:32 pm »
The dwarf I appointed baron in my fortress continued to perform all his pre-baron jobs.
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Re: Appointed Baron
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2011, 03:55:44 pm »
Quote from: Krelos on March 18, 2011, 03:16:32 pm
The dwarf I appointed baron in my fortress continued to perform all his pre-baron jobs.

Yup. My Countess does the occasional bit of mining, not as much as she used to do but I can sometimes see her doing something. In fact, I advise you to make your trader your baron. It speeds things up and reduces all that annoying 'Store item->eat->drink->sleep->traders leaving now >:(
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Re: Appointed Baron
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2011, 04:37:57 pm »
I thought it was decided that nobles, at present, will continue to do all of their commoner jobs?  Balls, I still have my baroness training dogs.
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ThrowerOfStones

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Re: Appointed Baron
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2011, 10:38:59 pm »
Yeah, in every game I've gotten a baron they'll keep working. The only difference is instead of "No Job" they are listed as "Noble", but otherwise they keep working just fine.
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