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[robertheinrich]

A titan appeared on my map and started spitting webs all over the place. Now I have my whole entrance full of webbed cage traps and 20+ of my dorfs ran into them and got caught. Is there an easier way to set them free without attaching a lever and tons of mechanisms to the cages? I canīt pit them, I canīt pasture them, ...

[lianopbs]

I think you can use build cage menu (b - j ?), choose a specific cage with a dwarf with "x", then free him with "q" on cage

[robertheinrich]

In the "q" menu you donīt have any option to set them free - even if they are your own people. Currently my mechanic is busy linking them all to a lever while they are slowly going insane.

[lianopbs]

q on the cage, "a" for assign, then enter on your dwarf to free him

[Nil Eyeglazed]

To minimize casualties, you might want to designate a large crew of caretakers, who have only feed patients labor added.  (It worked in 32.25.)

[Imp]

Additionally you can enable mechanic labor on many free dwarves, build a bunch of levers, and assign each cage to its own lever.  This allows a mass production effect to happen, each unskilled mechanic will place a lever, place the mechanisms, and the whole process will happen in just about the amount of time it takes to prepare to free one dwarf.  Don't already have that many mechanisms?  Then additionally build several workshops, and with your many/all dwarves with mechanics turned on, make what you must have and fast.

[robertheinrich]

q on the cage, "a" for assign, then enter on your dwarf to free him

I tried that, but I think it didnīt work. But maybe nobody bothered about the order. Almost everybody was unhappy at that moment, tantrums everywhere. Or maybe itīs currently broken? When was the last time you had to uncage dwarves?

Anyways, facing that situation I enabled mechanics on a couple more dwarves, forbid any items I could find outside and was hoping for the best. But only one of the mechanics started doing his job, and only some few caged dwarves got food and water. Half of them died of dehydration before they were set free.

[robertheinrich]

On a related note... I started collecting the hill titan webs and made silk thread from them... but to my disappointment it seems to be worth next to nothing, value 6* compared to rope reed tread which is worth 22*. But I guess having a trapped titan might still be fun somehow...

[peskyninja]

IIRC megabeast/& silk is fireproof.

[robertheinrich]

Iīm wondering... will the webs shoot through fortifications? Since the titan has a copper body he would be a nice target practise if I equip my marksmen with wooden bolts, right? Or should I better place him 1z deeper than my archers? I noticed that he can shoot his webs only on the same level, not up or down...

[Nil Eyeglazed]

They will shoot through fortifications.  I found out that FBs shoot even without path, and I expect titans work the same.

You should try the 1 z-level deeper thing, just be careful to make the pit wide enough to give your marksdwarves LOS without coming right up next to the pit (which they would need to do if the pit was only 1x1)

[robertheinrich]

Iīm open for suggestions how to realize that because I would like to avoid any more casualties... Itīs the first special creature I ever caught and it did already cost me half of my population and almost threw the remaining guys into a tantrum spiral. But Iīm lucky and a new bunch of innocent migrants arrived with perfect timing and helped cleaning all the mess and the situation starts to relax now.

Anyways... 2z deep pit? 1z deep and fortifications on the top level? Will they be able to shoot down diagonally through fortifications?

[Nil Eyeglazed]

I believe something like this will work:

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z level 0

 _____
 _..._
 _..._
 _..._
 _____


z level -1

 #####
 #FFF#
 #F_F#
 #FFF#
 #####


But the marksdwarves will still need to be very close to the titan.  And I haven't tested this.

The real problem is getting him where you want him.  I believe they're trapavoid.