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Lagslayer

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Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« on: January 03, 2011, 09:22:14 pm »
Recently I "liberated" a couple of tame groundhogs from the elves. I've tried every way I can think of to mark them for death, and nothing works. They won't even appear on the "animals" tab under status. What am I overlooking?
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2011, 09:25:10 pm »
Build their cages in front of a ballista, and let them out so that your siege operators can have some fun?
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2011, 09:28:47 pm »
Maybe it's related to another problem I have. Some of my dwarves aren't appearing on my military menu (one of which I want to add to a squad), and a lot of my military dwarves keep losing the names I gave them.

edit: the dwarf in question is a child. The names disappearing is still irritating, though.
« Last Edit: January 03, 2011, 09:32:26 pm by Lagslayer »
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2011, 09:38:22 pm »
Me too have the problem of the names reverting, it is very frustrating.
I think they do it when they achieve something (a strong kill, etc)
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2011, 10:40:20 pm »
yes names do change when they get notable kills but jobs wont.
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2011, 12:41:42 pm »
[PET_EXOTIC] creatures can't be butchered without a Dungeon Master.

Since there's no way to get a Dungeon Master, your only option is to change the raws to [PET].
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2011, 01:02:46 pm »
Quote from: rephikul on January 03, 2011, 10:40:20 pm
yes names do change when they get notable kills but jobs wont.

They lose their nicknames and I'm fairly sure their job title changes back to default.
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2011, 02:35:06 pm »
Quote from: Ves on January 04, 2011, 12:41:42 pm
[PET_EXOTIC] creatures can't be butchered without a Dungeon Master.

Since there's no way to get a Dungeon Master, your only option is to change the raws to [PET].

Are groundhogs exotic pets?
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2011, 02:51:02 pm »
Elephants, Black/Grizzly Bears, Mountain Goats, Tigermen and anything you can embark with are the only non-exotics.
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2011, 05:43:44 pm »
Quote from: Ves on January 04, 2011, 02:51:02 pm
Elephants, Black/Grizzly Bears, Mountain Goats, Tigermen and anything you can embark with are the only non-exotics.
...So, tigermen aren't exotic but tigers are? Weird.


It's hard to do stuff with animals from dead merchants. Due to a possible bug, you can't free critters from dead merchants. Try waiting a few months for them to become "tame," then releasing them; or simply kill them. (A floor tile to the head oughta work.)
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2011, 06:56:54 pm »
Creatures which have PET:
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Creatures which have PET_EXOTIC:
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This according to a quick scan of a copy of my raws that I'm pretty sure I haven't modded.
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2011, 08:13:05 pm »
Here's hoping that the version that adds all these new sponsored animals will also re-introduce the dungeon master.
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2011, 09:46:05 pm »
I can't even butcher them unless I have a dungeon master? If I find another way to kill them, will it work then? I WANT MY GROUNDHOG BISCUITS!!
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2011, 09:51:14 pm »
Quote from: Lagslayer on January 04, 2011, 09:46:05 pm
I can't even butcher them unless I have a dungeon master? If I find another way to kill them, will it work then? I WANT MY GROUNDHOG BISCUITS!!
Tame creatures which die from any cause other than being deliberately slaughtered at a butcher's shop can't be butchered.  If you are so desperate for the taste of sweet, sweet groundhog flesh, you can always go and modify the raw files in your save game folder to change groundhogs to be [PET] instead of [PET_EXOTIC].
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Re: Won't butcher the tame groundhogs
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2011, 10:11:00 pm »
Quote from: Sphalerite on January 04, 2011, 06:56:54 pm
Creatures which have PET:
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Creatures which have PET_EXOTIC:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This according to a quick scan of a copy of my raws that I'm pretty sure I haven't modded.

Hmm... do these tags affect training of animals into war beasts? Because I haven't done any modding, and recently trained a giant leopard into a war beast.
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