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[Manic Typist]

Quick update- defenses are improving through the use of traps and, mayhaps, the increasing skills of my soldiers.

About eight goblins or so are being put to use as training fodder, which is nice. Several others died in traps.

However, the elven merchants couldn't leave since I wouldn't lower the drawbridge to let some other goblins in (at that time). So they went crazy, killed each other/had to be put down.

They left a bunch of animals in cages. I would really like to train that black bear into a war animal. Can I? Or since I didn't purchase it, it'll be "friendly" but not really tame?

[Agent_86]

I know you can train grizzlies, I assume black bears would be the same.

[Darkmere]

Negative, black bears cannot be trained. But everything in the elf cages should be tame, and not hostile to you.

Curious, any amusing combat reports of crazed elves punching their pack donkeys?

[Manic Typist]

Do I have to do anything to take ownership of them? I can't seem to find them in the list of animals I can put in a pasture (the goblin prisoners show up, interestingly...)

And the elves were fighting their camels. Until my dwarves came and liquidated them all.

[Organum]

There is nothing wrong with modding in the ability to give yourself war-black bears.


(hint hint)

[Manic Typist]

Heh, some day I'll get around to playing with the raws, but I'm not sure if I want to open that can or worms just yet.

I'd settle for being able to pull it out of its cage and using it as a sentry-bear next to a door.

I finally saw my first bodypart going flying. It was fun, seeing my sworddworf charge up the ramp to send the goblin's lower body flying off in the first blow. Went pretty far too.

[Manic Typist]

Odd. I've somehow done something that now, when under the  [s ]quad menu, when I hit the button which corresponds to a squad (so that I can cancel the kill order that they've already performed and thus the order is defunct)..... instead of just highlighting the squad it shows me the individual members OF that squad, with letters so that I can select them individually or in aggregate. Regardless, no matter what I do, I cannot cancel the kill order.

What did I do, and how do I undo it?

[Manic Typist]

So, some goblins were standing on my drawbridge. I raise it. I don't know where they went, and I can't find any combat reports that suggest they suffered falling damage. Could they still be in the air?

[Noir]

This looks similar to the mistake I made the first time I created a drawbridge. Did you set up your drawbridge to raise on a specific direction, or it's just a retractable bridge?

[Manic Typist]

Specific direction, for sure. However, if I were mistaken, how could I confirm this?

[Noir]

It will not create a wall upon closure in that case. Typically however, they should be moved a few tiles in the direction of the closure. You don't see them? Like, at all?
What's under the bridge?

[Manic Typist]

Yes, they do move in the direction of the closure and form what looks like a wall to me. For all I knew, however, that's how it looks when retracted and I just didn't know any better.

Now? A spike pit connected to a lever set to repeat. Then? Nothing but a 1 level drop.

In other news, I have this ghost. He is officially the owner of a built coffin. He won't go away. I suspect perhaps he has been designated for burial there but hasn't actualy been interred yet. Any clues how I can find his body?

[Noir]

You don't need to. You can just create a Memorial Slab - this way you can grant peace to his spirit without burying his corpse.

Just craft a Stone Slab at the Mason workshop, then Engrave it at the Craftdwarf workshop with the name of the ghost. That will do.

[Manic Typist]

Yeah, I tried that. I couldn't find the name of the ghost listed. I checked several times.


Yet another new issue- elven caravan won;t leave my new trade depot. I wanted to move to an "airlock" system, so they set up inside the new trade depot while the exit was being constructed.

It's done now, but they won't leave. I know things can path out through there because I've seen things leave out that way. However, they do have to pass through a door to get to the drawbridge that leads to the outside world. Is this the issue? Yes, the door is unlocked. Yes, the drawbridge is down.

[Manic Typist]

Huh.

I've made a huge new stone stockpile. I have a huge spread of granite ten or twelve levels down, blocking up space.

No one is going to pick it up. Yes, the stockpile has been set to accept that type of stone.

Thoughts?