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Author Topic: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread  (Read 1118705 times)

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4710 on: November 01, 2010, 11:38:56 pm »

OK, this is a bug, I've reworked my marksdwarves to not pickup guantlets or boots. They still are stuck at store item in bin / pick up gear, they remain at it until I pull them off duty and are right back at it when reactivated. Anyone have a work around for this?
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« Reply #4711 on: November 01, 2010, 11:56:34 pm »

Thanks guys! The project is continuing happily along now. :)
I thought I'd already tried that, but turns out I was 'designating' stairs rather than 'building' them. Silly, eh?
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4712 on: November 02, 2010, 01:16:01 am »

I never realized caging an animal for a while would tame it. That's the first time I ever slaughtered a tame fox.
What? Caging an animal doesn't tame it, you need an animal trainer/dungeon master for that.
Are you sure the fox didn't come from a merchant? Those are pre-tamed.

Can an animal trainer train an animal inside a cage? because I never bought the animals. Did those elves bring animals? I don't recall. There's also a couple deer, a rat, a cougar, and a buzzard, all tamed.

They can only tame them inside a cage. Outside a cage they are not on the menu.
Also - elves bring animals. Inside cages. They also bring wood. Those are their only redeeming features.
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« Reply #4713 on: November 02, 2010, 04:16:52 am »

So I'm a barony, and my baron isn't so bad.  Likes Bronze and Spears, rather than stuff I don' have.

Anyway, what stuff can I do to a room to make it a really nice tomb? Smoothing and engraving for a start, but then what? Statues? Random furniture? Chained animals?
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« Reply #4714 on: November 02, 2010, 07:26:07 am »

Place weapon traps (or display cases if you use that mod) containing high-quality bronze spears. The "liking" bonus should set the perceived value for him into the stratosphere.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4715 on: November 02, 2010, 08:34:19 am »

Does anyone know what happens if I mine through a glacier?
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4716 on: November 02, 2010, 08:37:15 am »

You make a tunnel.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4717 on: November 02, 2010, 11:27:31 am »

Anyway, what stuff can I do to a room to make it a really nice tomb? Smoothing and engraving for a start, but then what? Statues? Random furniture? Chained animals?

High-quality gold or platinum or aluminum statues are my first choice.  If you got any artifact furniture from a moody dwarf, that works even better (typically).  Artifact mechanisms can be made into glorious gearboxes/levers/traps.

Gem-studded platinum casket goes a long way, too.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4718 on: November 02, 2010, 01:53:32 pm »

Can you decorate furniture that is already installed (built)? Or do you have to remove it first.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4719 on: November 02, 2010, 02:05:04 pm »

You have to remove it first.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4720 on: November 02, 2010, 02:05:21 pm »

Can you decorate furniture that is already installed (built)? Or do you have to remove it first.
Has to be unbuilt, because the dwarf doing the decoration needs to pick it up and carry it to the workshop being used.
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« Reply #4721 on: November 02, 2010, 03:40:23 pm »

I never realized caging an animal for a while would tame it. That's the first time I ever slaughtered a tame fox.
What? Caging an animal doesn't tame it, you need an animal trainer/dungeon master for that.
Are you sure the fox didn't come from a merchant? Those are pre-tamed.

Can an animal trainer train an animal inside a cage? because I never bought the animals. Did those elves bring animals? I don't recall. There's also a couple deer, a rat, a cougar, and a buzzard, all tamed.

Just to throw my 2 cents in.  With the cages you buy from the Elves, I've found that even those cages I bought that I had thought were empty, still contained a random assortment of small tamed animals (even though the cage description didn't mention them).

V .16 here.
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« Reply #4722 on: November 02, 2010, 04:33:46 pm »

I never realized caging an animal for a while would tame it. That's the first time I ever slaughtered a tame fox.
What? Caging an animal doesn't tame it, you need an animal trainer/dungeon master for that.
Are you sure the fox didn't come from a merchant? Those are pre-tamed.

Can an animal trainer train an animal inside a cage? because I never bought the animals. Did those elves bring animals? I don't recall. There's also a couple deer, a rat, a cougar, and a buzzard, all tamed.

Just to throw my 2 cents in.  With the cages you buy from the Elves, I've found that even those cages I bought that I had thought were empty, still contained a random assortment of small tamed animals (even though the cage description didn't mention them).

V .16 here.

That used to happen in 40d as well.
Or rather, I bought cages from the elves, and had random tame vermin around having to be crammed into the communal cage. I never knew where they came from.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4723 on: November 02, 2010, 05:59:15 pm »

I never realized caging an animal for a while would tame it. That's the first time I ever slaughtered a tame fox.
What? Caging an animal doesn't tame it, you need an animal trainer/dungeon master for that.
Are you sure the fox didn't come from a merchant? Those are pre-tamed.

Can an animal trainer train an animal inside a cage? because I never bought the animals. Did those elves bring animals? I don't recall. There's also a couple deer, a rat, a cougar, and a buzzard, all tamed.
Elves must have brought them onto your map. Then you either a) bought them, or b) "inherited" them when an elvish caravan had an accident.

Since you don't remember buying them I'll guess that sometime in the past elves walked into a gobbo ambush...

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4724 on: November 02, 2010, 08:15:42 pm »

I never realized caging an animal for a while would tame it. That's the first time I ever slaughtered a tame fox.
What? Caging an animal doesn't tame it, you need an animal trainer/dungeon master for that.
Are you sure the fox didn't come from a merchant? Those are pre-tamed.

Can an animal trainer train an animal inside a cage? because I never bought the animals. Did those elves bring animals? I don't recall. There's also a couple deer, a rat, a cougar, and a buzzard, all tamed.

Just to throw my 2 cents in.  With the cages you buy from the Elves, I've found that even those cages I bought that I had thought were empty, still contained a random assortment of small tamed animals (even though the cage description didn't mention them).

V .16 here.

That used to happen in 40d as well.
Or rather, I bought cages from the elves, and had random tame vermin around having to be crammed into the communal cage. I never knew where they came from.

True, vermin do not show up as "cardinal cage" or etc when buying cages from the elves. You can see whether there is any vermin in the cage before you buy it by 'v'iewing it. You can also identify likely candidates by looking for cages that are more expensive than it appears they should be.
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