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Author Topic: Kill Orders for all units in an area  (Read 914 times)

Furious

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Kill Orders for all units in an area
« on: June 05, 2020, 01:23:42 pm »

After much micromanagement of a dingo invasion I got the idea that setting kill orders the same way we set gather plants orders would be very beneficial.
I suggest the kill order function like other designations and allow for a rectangle to be painted.  Any hostile creatures in that rectangle would be targeted by the squad you order to kill.
That way if there's a crowd of animals or goblins that all scatter when your army shows up, the army will continue to chase down and kill without the need for new orders.
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Ulfarr

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Re: Kill Orders for all units in an area
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2020, 02:15:41 pm »

I'm fairly sure that there is already such a function. (I'm using DFHack but I don't think it's one of it's features)

select squad and then k-r
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Re: Kill Orders for all units in an area
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2020, 03:18:52 pm »

It could be useful to set up free-fire zones, where any unauthorized person could be met with lethal force. Of course, lesser abounts of force could be used.
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Re: Kill Orders for all units in an area
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2020, 09:21:29 am »

That's how it works when you set barracks/defend burrow/station/patrol order in an area you want to slay hostiles in. Downside is that it only works on hostiles, and can't be used for, say, poets unannounced in artifact room or to hunt wildlife with spears.