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Baro

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Chains won't work
« on: December 05, 2007, 09:04:00 pm »
I never had a problem with it before, but since the latest version I can not longer attach dogs to chains, as such my fortress has some serious kobold problems.  The one farmer/brewer/cook responsible for all our food was killed by these little bastards.

If I assign a war dog to a chain, dwarves continuously drag the dog to the chain, chain him up, but the dog just walks away and then another dwarf comes and does the same thing.   Whats up??

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Nil Eyeglazed

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Re: Chains won't work
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2007, 10:08:00 pm »
Have you tried building them next to binned bauxite mechanisms?  I know, lousy work-around.
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Re: Chains won't work
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2007, 12:37:00 am »
quote:
Originally posted by Nil Eyeglazed:
<STRONG>Have you tried building them next to binned bauxite mechanisms?  I know, lousy work-around.</STRONG>

I dont understand your meaning.

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Re: Chains won't work
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2007, 09:10:00 pm »
could it be material-related?  It could be coincidence, but I used to have that problem too with a copper chain, but if I use iron/steel chains, it seems to happen less often.

Also, I think that when chained war dogs sees hostile, they will become unchained in order to attack the hostile.  They will have to be chained again after that.

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