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Dunamisdeos

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Crime and dehydration.
« on: January 06, 2012, 11:35:08 pm »
OK so. I decided to put my criminals in cages. How can I make sure my caged little reprobates don't die of thirst? Isn't someone suppossed to bring them water? I even set like 5 dwarves to do nothing, including hauling. I left the default heathcare (feeding and such) on in case it was tied to that. But they keep dying. How can I fix this?
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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2012, 12:15:14 am »
Quote from: dunamisdeos on January 06, 2012, 11:35:08 pm
How can I fix this?

Don't put your prisoners in cages, put them on chains.
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Dunamisdeos

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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2012, 12:32:18 am »
Oh. that a bug?
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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2012, 04:27:29 am »
Quote from: dunamisdeos on January 07, 2012, 12:32:18 am
Oh. that a bug?

No, just feeding prisoners is a very low priority task, so Dwarves will favour doing pretty much everything else.
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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2012, 06:05:38 am »
I never saw a dwarf give food/water to a caged prisonner. Every one of them died.
On the other hand, I never saw a chained prisonner die of thirst/hunger, if I had a few idlers on hand.

So I think the cages may be a little buggy, yes. Or I had a stroke of bad luck with them...
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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2012, 06:08:48 am »
Yea, i've had similar results. I would suggest sticking to chains for prisoners.
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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2012, 12:11:56 pm »
Chains seem so.... limp, though. I'll have to get creative. Maybe I can put his water on the other side of a pressure plate that smacks him with some training spears.
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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2012, 01:32:27 pm »
I give my prisoners mini-Hiltons, with booze and food and good beds. The way I figure it, anybody who defies the stuck-up nobles' demands is an okay guy in my book.
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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2012, 05:42:14 pm »
Quote from: dunamisdeos on January 07, 2012, 12:11:56 pm
Chains seem so.... limp, though.

Make some iron chains, have them decorated, and hope you get menacing spikes.
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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2012, 06:55:20 pm »
Lead chain :D
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Dunamisdeos

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Re: Crime and dehydration.
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2012, 11:23:37 pm »
@Loud Whispers
Regarding Lead, I just send mouth operated hard lead instruments to the elves. Flasks make a good present for their druid.

@Calista
Y'know..... that's a really good point.  :o Never thought of it that way.
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