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[Great Cthulhu]

I get a lot of messages saying things like "Atis Cattendolek, Cat (tame) cancels Store Item in Stockpile: Too injured".

Both of the cats in my fortress (both are pets) do this. Both are uninjured and only one has an owner with an injury. Also, I didn't expect a cat to haul stuff. Would be funny if it was moving balls of thread around though.

[i2amroy]

Do any of you people actually check reported bugs before you post?!?

Sorry for the outburst, but this is like the sixth time that this bug has been reported. Cats will currently carry slain vermin again but what happens is that the game checks to see if the cat can carry anything with a grasp token and says, no it can't, so it displays an injured message. It then immediately realizes that the cat can carry the corpse in its mouth and continues on its way. You can fix this by giving cats a [GRASP] token on their mouth body part, as this will solve the problem with the least amount of side effects.

[Great Cthulhu]

Sorry for causing you frustration. I did in fact search for this bug, but couldn't find anything. (I guess my search query was too specific.)

Anyway, thanks for the analysis and workaround.

[axus]

I think my cat at home has a [GRASP] token for his mouth

[Tormy]

Do any of you people actually check reported bugs before you post?!?

Sadly most of the people just won't use the search feature. 

[foop]

Sadly most of the people just won't use the search feature. 

I do.  So I won't tell you that my cats are refusing to carry vermin briefly because they think they're injured (I've just upgraded to 40d).

[ERoberts]

I want to add [grasp] to my cat.

here is my cat:

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[CREATURE:CAT]
[NAME:cat:cats:cat]
[TILE:'c'][COLOR:0:0:1]
[VERMINHUNTER]
[PETVALUE:20]
[CARNIVORE][NATURAL][PET]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[COMMON_DOMESTIC][BENIGN]
[PREFSTRING:aloofness]
[BODY:QUADRUPED:TAIL:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:MOUTH]
[BODYGLOSS:PAW]
[SIZE:3]
[MAXAGE:10:20]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:6:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[CHILD:1][CHILDNAME:kitten:kittens]
[FAT:1]
[DIURNAL]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[HOMEOTHERM:10070]
[LAYERING:100]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[MUNDANE]
where exactly do I add the [grasp] tag?

[Neoskel]

I want to add [grasp] to my cat.

here is my cat:

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[CREATURE:CAT]
[NAME:cat:cats:cat]
[TILE:'c'][COLOR:0:0:1]
[VERMINHUNTER]
[PETVALUE:20]
[CARNIVORE][NATURAL][PET]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[COMMON_DOMESTIC][BENIGN]
[PREFSTRING:aloofness]
[BODY:QUADRUPED:TAIL:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:MOUTH]
[BODYGLOSS:PAW]
[SIZE:3]
[MAXAGE:10:20]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:MOUTH:bite:bites:1:6:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[CHILD:1][CHILDNAME:kitten:kittens]
[FAT:1]
[DIURNAL]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[HOMEOTHERM:10070]
[LAYERING:100]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[MUNDANE]
where exactly do I add the [grasp] tag?

To the body, not the creature. You'll have to add another thing in the body raws like

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[BODY:CAT_MOUTH]
[BP:CAT_MOUTH:mouth][CONTYPE:HEAD][MOUTH][SMALL][EMBEDDED][APERTURE][GRASP]
And replace MOUTH in the cat creature raws with CAT_MOUTH under [BODY:]

This is just an example, feel free to add [GRASP] to whatever you like.

Heck, an easier way would be to just add PINCERS under [BODY:] in the cat creature raws. That would result in a cat/crab hybrid, but it gets the job done.

[Yanlin]

Heck, an easier way would be to just add PINCERS under [BODY:] in the cat creature raws. That would result in a cat/crab hybrid, but it gets the job done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vydhv_p7Jxs

Excellent solution though. You should Email Today One.

[Alopix]

OK. I'm trying the grasp suggestion now. I added the following line to /raws/body_default.txt:

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[BODY:PETMOUTH][CONTYPE:HEAD][MOUTH][SMALL][EMBEDDED][APERTURE][GRASP]and replaced the MOUTH tag in creature_domestic.txt with PETMOUTH.
I've also added verminhunter and petmouth to dogs, we'll see if that works.

[Pilsu]

I added the new part called CAT_MOUTH into the body raws now but do I need to adjust the bite attack of the cat? I mean, it has CAT_MOUTH now, that might interfere with MOUTH being used for biting right?

[Footkerchief]

No.  It's a little confusing here because MOUTH is both a body part name, and a tag that can be applied to body parts.  The MOUTH in ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:MOUTH refers to the [MOUTH] tag which PETMOUTH also has. 

[Alopix]

I tested it today. It doesn't work. Well, At least I didn't see it on cats, because on embark my cat found a herd of bats and decided to spend an entire season killing ~50 of them. But the dog I added verminhunter to still did it constantly. BTW, verminhunter also generates the behavior where it automatically chooses its own owner, it would seem. Haven't tested the pincers yet.

[i2amroy]

BTW, verminhunter also generates the behavior where it automatically chooses its own owner, it would seem. Haven't tested the pincers yet.

Yep, already on the wiki.

[Time Kitten]

My unmodded cats seem to be able to take the vermin partway.  How is it they are able to do this?