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[Badfuzzy]

How do you move a cage after it catches something?  I can't seem to find this option anywhere, and I want to set up an arena.

[Dame de la Licorne]

You have to 'b'uild the cage, from the build menu.

[Badfuzzy]

Thanks

[aha]

Is it possible to catch a dragon with a cage trap? What material should I use? I presume that wood wouldn't cut the mustard and even ordinary iron would be melted.

[Risim]

any kind will work at this point, things don't try to escape

[Fenrir]

quote:Originally posted by Risim:
<STRONG>any kind will work at this point, things don't try to escape</STRONG>

...except vermin.

[Dame de la Licorne]

And you can catch dragons with wooden cages...go figure.

[Night Stalker]

How do you let an animal or monster out of a cage?

[n9103]

unassign the creature, or alternatively (and safer) hook it up to a lever and use the lever.

[Hyperturtle]

I had the problem just the other day, where a Titan attacked and was encaged.

I had the cage moved to my Goblin Zoo, and decided to set up some flood gates to block the entrance and eventually open the cage doors and see if they'd fight, maybe throw in a few soldiers to get experience.

For whatever reason, my proficient animal caretaker decided to lug the Titan a few Z levels up to a main hallway, and then managed to transfer the creature into an Artifact Cage I had.  

In moving the cage back, the Titan Escaped!  And he beat the snot out of the countess, the animal caretaker (who died soon after when everyone ignored him; the countess was dropped into a tiny bedroom instead of her regular bedroom).  War dogs descended on him in a tight corner, and a wrestler finally took him down.

(Titan's give 100 bolts, at least mine did, not bad!)

So I am wondering if they decided it would be great to show off this prized megabeast in an artifact cage?  It sure caused chaos.  

Of course, at this time, the human and elven dignitaries showed up and sat next to comatose countess for a long time before leaving disappointed.  She finally woke up and was miserable, dehydrated, and starving, and dragged herself to the dining hall.  While she was unconcious her baby drowned somehow, and I never got around to building the consort's bedroom, so he was tantruming.

At the dining hall, she died of starvation.  Within 30 seconds a migrant wave came in and I got a new count and count consort.  What a pain!

[Kagus]

quote:Originally posted by Hyperturtle:
<STRONG>I got a new count and count consort.  What a pain!</STRONG>

There's something inherently wrong with this statement.  Clothes are one thing, but this...

[Night Stalker]

quote:Originally posted by n9103:
<STRONG>unassign the creature, or alternatively (and safer) hook it up to a lever and use the lever.</STRONG>

How do you unassign a creature?

[Crafty Barnardo]

You have to build the cage first.  Find a spot, then hit then [j] then

• .  From the list of cages, choose the one that has the animal that you want to release.  Once the cage is built (a hauler has to bring it to the spot) query the cage with [q] then hit [a].  The animal in the cage will appear in the list with a '+' by it's name.  Hit [enter] to unassign it.  Then a dwarf will come along and let the animal out.

[Night Stalker]

There's no way to free the poor doggie while he's sitting in the animal stockpile?  I have to have someone lug him somewhere else first before I send someone else to release him?

[Scorpios]

quote:Originally posted by Night Stalker:
<STRONG>There's no way to free the poor doggie while he's sitting in the animal stockpile?  I have to have someone lug him somewhere else first before I send someone else to release him?</STRONG>

So build it right in front of the stockpile?