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[Grendus]

Currently, when you're assigning an animal to a chain you can't see it's gender. The only animal this isn't true of is the cow, where males are labeled as "Bulls" while females are "Cows". I know this is controlled in the raws (I've already modded this into my game), but it should be part of the standard package. Rather than having to mess with how the game actually sorts and displays animals in these menus, gameplay could be enhanced through a minimal amount of work by setting the standard raws to label different sexes of animals with different names.

[Silverionmox]

I did it too, but I found it rather confusing. That interface needs a big overhaul like most of them, anyway.

[lucusLoC]

Does that require a regen? If not i am totaly going to go in and add an "f" to the front of the female name in my fort...

[Albedo]

(No, it doesn't.)

+1 on this.

The only rationale for not having it is not being able to tell the sex of a caged animal (no "close inspection", or something) - and that's rather weak.

[Grendus]

(No, it doesn't.)

+1 on this.

The only rationale for not having it is not being able to tell the sex of a caged animal (no "close inspection", or something) - and that's rather weak.

Considering that you can already do this with cows (well, it's still labeled as a cow cage, but if you go to add or release an animal it's listed as a cow or bull) I'd say this reason is shot. The only reason I can think of this not being currently in the game is just Toady hasn't thought to add it, which is what this forum is for.

[Vattic]

This change has become more appealing to me since in my current fort. Trying to pit only excess males when feeding my GCS is tricky. I'd like to see the male and female symbols by at least animal names and perhaps even on the units list.

I think I'm going to do a quick fix. Just add gender specific names which are the same as the generic name but with "m" and "f" after a space on the end. So dog m, dog f. Less confusing than giving all the animals the true gender specific names.

[Grendus]

This change has become more appealing to me since in my current fort. Trying to pit only excess males when feeding my GCS is tricky. I'd like to see the male and female symbols by at least animal names and perhaps even on the units list.

I think I'm going to do a quick fix. Just add gender specific names which are the same as the generic name but with "m" and "f" after a space on the end. So dog m, dog f. Less confusing than giving all the animals the true gender specific names.

Instead of m and f, go with the gender symbols.

[Iapetus]

This change has become more appealing to me since in my current fort. Trying to pit only excess males when feeding my GCS is tricky. I'd like to see the male and female symbols by at least animal names and perhaps even on the units list.

I think I'm going to do a quick fix. Just add gender specific names which are the same as the generic name but with "m" and "f" after a space on the end. So dog m, dog f. Less confusing than giving all the animals the true gender specific names.

Or use the proper gender-specific names, for the species that have them.

War bitches FTW

[Grendus]

This change has become more appealing to me since in my current fort. Trying to pit only excess males when feeding my GCS is tricky. I'd like to see the male and female symbols by at least animal names and perhaps even on the units list.

I think I'm going to do a quick fix. Just add gender specific names which are the same as the generic name but with "m" and "f" after a space on the end. So dog m, dog f. Less confusing than giving all the animals the true gender specific names.

Or use the proper gender-specific names, for the species that have them.

War bitches FTW

Oh god. That would truly be epic. A bitch of a defense.

[wilsonns]

This change has become more appealing to me since in my current fort. Trying to pit only excess males when feeding my GCS is tricky. I'd like to see the male and female symbols by at least animal names and perhaps even on the units list.

Or else War whores

I think I'm going to do a quick fix. Just add gender specific names which are the same as the generic name but with "m" and "f" after a space on the end. So dog m, dog f. Less confusing than giving all the animals the true gender specific names.

Or use the proper gender-specific names, for the species that have them.

War bitches FTW

Oh god. That would truly be epic. A bitch of a defense.

[Captain Mayday]

Heh.

For reference, the tags required are [SPECNAME:MALE:dude:dudes:dude] and [SPECNAME:FEMALE:dudette:dudettes:dudette]

[Vattic]

Or use the proper gender-specific names, for the species that have them.

War bitches FTW

The reason I haven't is that it gets confusing, especially so with more unusual animals.

Instead of m and f, go with the gender symbols.

Not a bad idea.

[Porpoisepower]

On this note I would like to make a public service announcement for those who love cheese.

When at your local cheese mart do not ask for yak cheese. You will get some very strange looks.

This is because Yak's are bulls and the cow is refered to as a yetti.

That being said I have mixed feelings about yetti cheese. The time I tried some, it was very easy to taste what the yetti ate, that is was very nutty and tasted a bit like hay.  Mostly however it tasted like licking a yak from hoof to shouldet

[Chariot]

If you plan on changing them all yourself to proper male/female, here is a place to start

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names