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BoogieMan

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Supergiraffe
« on: July 22, 2015, 06:55:38 pm »
Okay so the Elves brought a Giraffe with them so naturally I bought it. And trained it into a War Giraffe, cool.

 Then I noticed when I finally took a minute to look at it, that it moves EXTREMELY fast. Like super speed. The distance it can move in 1-2 seconds would easily take any of my Dwarves at least 10. I have a Cheetah that is envious. When not pastured it darts around crazily like a meth head on crack high.

 I checked the wiki and there is no bug listed for them, is it just this one?? I've never seen anything move that fast, not even bolts fired from crossbows.
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Re: Supergiraffe
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2015, 12:49:14 am »
Maybe it's just the new movement speeds being played into effect?
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Re: Supergiraffe
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2015, 03:56:44 am »
According to the Wiki, they have
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[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_QUADRUPED_GAITS:900:900:438:292:146:1900:2900] 60 kphwhich is faster than anything else I've seen in the game, short of a Peregrine falcon's flying gait (87+ kph). So it's not surprising to me that they can zip around like that. I've just never seen it in game myself. The wiki says cheetahs have
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[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_QUADRUPED_GAITS:900:300:200:100:1900:2900] 87+ (120) kphwhich would make them even faster than the giraffes, so I'm not sure what's going on.
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Re: Supergiraffe
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2015, 04:00:49 am »
Quote from: Klitri on July 23, 2015, 12:49:14 am
Maybe it's just the new movement speeds being played into effect?

Pretty sure this is it, the gait speeds in effect. http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Gait

I'm not surprised at giraffes being freaking fast considering that giraffes have really long legs = long strides = large distance covered In real life. We're talking bursts of speed right, not teleporting giraffes? In my fort, I've had really horrifyingly fast giant snapping turtles (courtesy of the elves) do those same bursts of speed, like a bunch of bumper cars.
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Re: Supergiraffe
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2015, 04:33:54 am »
Quote from: ImagoDeo on July 23, 2015, 03:56:44 am
According to the Wiki, they have
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[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_QUADRUPED_GAITS:900:900:438:292:146:1900:2900] 60 kph


FYI this is indeed their sprint speed in real life (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe#Legs.2C_locomotion_and_posture)
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