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Iherbir

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Restraint not working
« on: April 19, 2020, 05:16:09 pm »
Hi, guys! Question! I have a vampire in the fort and I think i know who he is. I selected the restraint, put him as owner but nothing happened. How can I make my jail work?
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Shonai_Dweller

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Re: Restraint not working
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2020, 05:35:07 pm »
Is it as easy as that?
I thought you needed to get him arrested, at which point he'll be chained up to any chains marked for use by justice (j).

Maybe not though, never occured to me to just assign someone to a Chian.  :D
You'd probably need a Captain of the Guard or Sheriff to actually take the vampire to the chain, doubt any old citizen would do it.
« Last Edit: April 19, 2020, 05:38:12 pm by Shonai_Dweller »
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Re: Restraint not working
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2020, 10:52:04 am »
Quote from: Iherbir on April 19, 2020, 05:16:09 pm
Hi, guys! Question! I have a vampire in the fort and I think i know who he is. I selected the restraint, put him as owner but nothing happened. How can I make my jail work?
You haven't assigned him to be attached to the restraint - you've defined the chain as the center of a Zoo and made him the owner of it.

It is not possible to manually restrain members of your fortress; the next best option would be to put him in a Cage, but that will require getting him to trigger a cage trap, typically by falling unconscious on top of it.
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Shonai_Dweller

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Re: Restraint not working
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2020, 04:41:38 pm »
Quote from: Quietust on April 20, 2020, 10:52:04 am
Quote from: Iherbir on April 19, 2020, 05:16:09 pm
Hi, guys! Question! I have a vampire in the fort and I think i know who he is. I selected the restraint, put him as owner but nothing happened. How can I make my jail work?
You haven't assigned him to be attached to the restraint - you've defined the chain as the center of a Zoo and made him the owner of it.

It is not possible to manually restrain members of your fortress; the next best option would be to put him in a Cage, but that will require getting him to trigger a cage trap, typically by falling unconscious on top of it.
If he knows he has a vampire, presumably it's because it's killed some folk. In that case there'll be justice reports and the vampire can just be arrested. (Requires Captain of the Guard or Sheriff).
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Re: Restraint not working
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2020, 07:29:13 pm »
You can also just falsely convict him of any outstanding crimes in the justice screen.  I'm not sure what long terms side-effects that might have though.
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ltprifti

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Re: Restraint not working
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2020, 07:38:36 pm »
can you just assign them to a burrow, then construct a wall to keep them sequestered; then wait?  why not just give a magma shower?
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Shonai_Dweller

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Re: Restraint not working
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2020, 07:46:15 pm »
Quote from: Schmaven on April 23, 2020, 07:29:13 pm
You can also just falsely convict him of any outstanding crimes in the justice screen.  I'm not sure what long terms side-effects that might have though.
No long term effects yet. Most of the Villains update in fortress mode was put off until post-Steam.

After that, heavy handed justice can lead to fortress wide dissent and rebellion. Apparently.
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