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Author Topic: War animals not biting bug still exists, anyone know how to fix it?  (Read 739 times)

BoogieMan

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My war animals are useless in combat because they still only scratch and never bite.. In an older fort I "fixed" it by removing the scratch attack from their RAW entirely, forcing bite attacks. But is there another way to fix the problem a bit more elegantly?
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Re: War animals not biting bug still exists, anyone know how to fix it?
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2015, 12:43:27 pm »

My war animals are useless in combat because they still only scratch and never bite.. In an older fort I "fixed" it by removing the scratch attack from their RAW entirely, forcing bite attacks. But is there another way to fix the problem a bit more elegantly?
I suppose not. Have you reported the bug (for this version) already?
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Re: War animals not biting bug still exists, anyone know how to fix it?
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2015, 01:25:11 pm »

My war animals are useless in combat because they still only scratch and never bite.. In an older fort I "fixed" it by removing the scratch attack from their RAW entirely, forcing bite attacks. But is there another way to fix the problem a bit more elegantly?
I suppose not. Have you reported the bug (for this version) already?

No, I assumed it was known because it's been in the game for quite some time now. A year or more if I remember correctly.
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Re: War animals not biting bug still exists, anyone know how to fix it?
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2015, 03:13:30 pm »

This is probably why rhinos and elephants are so good at being war animals, they don't bite for their good attack.
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Re: War animals not biting bug still exists, anyone know how to fix it?
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2015, 05:29:41 pm »

Have you tried raw modding to give bite ability?

Legendary biter is
[NATURAL_SKILL:BITE:15]


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Re: War animals not biting bug still exists, anyone know how to fix it?
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2015, 09:23:32 pm »

Have you tried raw modding to give bite ability?

Legendary biter is
[NATURAL_SKILL:BITE:15]

I'm fairly sure I tried that with Wardogs awhile back and they still scratched. I think the bug showed up when different combat levels were implemented. Brawls and no quarter - that sort of thing. So maybe animals are somehow affected by this and always treat combat like it's non lethal.
« Last Edit: December 26, 2015, 09:25:34 pm by BoogieMan »
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