Dwarf Fortress

[~SJ~ Griffin]

how would i release the bear from the cage? It says it is tame so if i release it from the cage i should be able to train it

[Leeko]

Oh, well if it's tame then nothing more needs to be done! Unless you want to train it as a war animal. Then it has to be released. Go to Set Building Tasks (q) then put the cursor over the cage and de-(a)ssign it by pressing enter while it is highlighted. Animals already assigned to a cage will have a + icon to the left, and animals already in the cage will have a [!!] icon to the right.

[~SJ~ Griffin]

hmmmm, the cage isnt highlighting for me even with the cursor on top of it. On a side note, this game is really amazing. Who needs great graphics when you have a world like this? its sooooo freaking awesome

Edit: This bear was one i recieved in a trade with the elves. It came in the cage so i dont know if that has any effect on the matter

[Leeko]

hmmmm, the cage isnt highlighting for me even with the cursor on top of it.

Did you construct it? As in, if you go to the (b)uild menu and try to build a cage (j) is its cage listed there? If so, build it. A cage lying around as a movable item is like a door lying around not in any hinges... that's the best analogy I can think of, and it's kind of a confusing thing if you don't already know how it works.

On a side note, this game is really amazing. Who needs great graphics when you have a world like this? its sooooo freaking awesome

Glad you think so! Welcome to the only video game I've ever played that forces you to use your imagination (and is much better for it).

By the way, a random tip I felt I should mention: You might want to slaughter your useless pack animal, everyone embarks with one or two. First make sure you have a butcher's shop and butchery-enabled dorf. Then go to the Stocks (z) screen and use the arrow keys to highlight the Animals tab at the top, and if you press enter you'll see a list of every tame animal in your fortress. Then highlight the animal and press b to mark it for slaughter. Killing animals is a (slightly too) effective way of getting food in the current version.

[~SJ~ Griffin]

okay i think that did it, my dwarves are hauling the stuff now. And yeah i found out about the slaughter thing, although i almost slaughtered some dwarf's pet so gotta be careful with that one.

[Leeko]

okay i think that did it, my dwarves are hauling the stuff now. And yeah i found out about the slaughter thing, although i almost slaughtered some dwarf's pet so gotta be careful with that one.

Unfortunately, you can't slaughter pets. After a while, it can be a bit of a framerate problem if cats multiply too much, as they adopt their masters instead of vice versa... On on the previous "wow this is a great game" lines, can you believe it's an alpha?

[~SJ~ Griffin]

yeah its hard to believe that it is an alpha, and also that one man is behind most of it. Teams of top-notch programmers paid salaries rarely produce a game that is as involving and addicting as this. Goes to show that the indie game market is something truly special

[~SJ~ Griffin]

and now i have just encountered my first strange mood. A dwarf of mine just went into a fey mood and claimed my carpenter's shop. I wonder what will happen. I had no idea this sort thing happens

[Leeko]

and now i have just encountered my first strange mood. A dwarf of mine just went into a fey mood and claimed my carpenter's shop. I wonder what will happen. I had no idea this sort thing happens

Very nice! From the building tasks menu, you will be able to see what he needs. If you can provide all of the materials he requests, he'll make you something nice. Probably a very useless something, but probably very valuable. You won't be able to trade it away but your total created wealth affects the rate at which immigrants arrive. I just got a cow bone armor stand from a moody dwarf...

[~SJ~ Griffin]

yeah it was just a palm cabinet...nothing great, but now he is a legendary carpenter so that's cool. Unfortunately my fortress did not attract immigrants this season, how do i make that better?

[Leeko]

yeah it was just a palm cabinet...nothing great, but now he is a legendary carpenter so that's cool. Unfortunately my fortress did not attract immigrants this season, how do i make that better?

There's an element of randomness too, you can't directly affect it really. Check your PMs by the way - did you get mine?

[Askis]

PMs only get stored in you Sent folder if you tick "Save a copy in my outbox"

I had a dwarf with a fey mood too, a leatherworker. I was lucky my hunter had just brought something back and the hide was tanned in time, I'm quite short on the leather :/

[Gravecoast]

K I guess I shall join the swarm and try this. Time to be pwned

[Scruffe]

my fort is starting to take a good shape, but i cant get my soldiers to do anything useful so for the moment i have a lewd and over sized array of traps guarding the door.

[Leeko]

my fort is starting to take a good shape, but i cant get my soldiers to do anything useful so for the moment i have a lewd and over sized array of traps guarding the door.

The way things are now, with individual training doing fapp all, I usually hack my squad leaders' weapon skill up to proficient or talented. I just can't stand having to rely on RNG giving me a skilled soldier to train the others. Cheating in DF is okay where the game is kind of broken otherwise, like removing those [PET_EXOTIC] tags.