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em1LL

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Can adopted vermins ever died
« on: January 10, 2015, 06:12:17 pm »
Hi all!

Can adopted vermins ever died?

Thanks in advance.
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em1LL

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Re: Can adopted vermins ever died
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2015, 08:39:07 am »
Guys, do you know anything about it?
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Re: Can adopted vermins ever died
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2015, 08:41:41 am »
Yes.

As per this page:
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Cave_spider

[MAXAGE:1:1]

That means they die 1 year after their birth.  You should use the wiki.
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Re: Can adopted vermins ever died
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2015, 09:09:46 am »
Sometimes your title is too "simple" or something for that effect, so we just kind of ignore, thinking someone else already answered such simple question...
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Re: Can adopted vermins ever died
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2015, 10:30:21 am »
Vermin's more complicated than that. I have a ton and a half of cave spiders in a cage in .40.11 or so, and not a one of them has died in several years (and cave spider maxage has been 1:1 in .34.11 already, no change there). Might be worth a bug report - max age doesn't apply to (some?) vermin.

More likely it's a weird aspect that's never been explored in depth, especially since adopting vermin is useless at best, counterproductive at worst: since they're not proper creatures, most of the pet handling code results in nonsense when applied to them.
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