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Lord Dullard

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'There is nothing to catch in the northern swamps.'
« on: June 12, 2008, 01:23:00 pm »
'There is nothing to catch in the  northern swamps.'

I get this announcement every now and again and I have no idea what it means.

Does anyone else? Or is it just some vestigial leftover from an old version that hasn't been removed yet?

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Moron

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Re: 'There is nothing to catch in the northern swamps.'
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 01:40:00 pm »
I've been getting the same only it's the Southern Swamps.

I assumed it was something to do with there being no fish left in somewhere a fisherdwarf was trying to catch them, but they do still seem to be able to catch more fish after getting the message, so I don't know.

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Akael

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Re: 'There is nothing to catch in the northern swamps.'
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 01:48:00 pm »
If overfished, small lakes will run out of turtles. The same thing happens with brooks, giving you a similar message when it runs out of fish. This has been around since 2d.
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Re: 'There is nothing to catch in the northern swamps.'
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 03:38:00 pm »
Actually don't think of it as "Overfished" you can eliminate your fish population with a single fisherdwarf no matter what your source is (Well maybe the Ocean is a bit more pernament)

Think of it as reaching the fish limit.

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Re: 'There is nothing to catch in the northern swamps.'
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 04:01:00 pm »
Running out of fish is only temporary, I think they come back when the season changes.
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Re: 'There is nothing to catch in the northern swamps.'
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2008, 04:13:00 pm »
Well, yeah. Usually they do. In all my fortresses I have ever fished in since this version(.38c), there would be no fish in ponds/ pools / channels in winter, only in the brook. They do come back in spring. But there have been occurances indeed of permanent extinction. Experienced it twice myself now.
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Re: 'There is nothing to catch in the northern swamps.'
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2008, 04:02:06 pm »
I'd occasionally find myself informed that there's nothing to catch in the magma pipe.  Anyone ever fish out a fire snake or something?
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