40d Talk:Cage

How do you put more than one animal in a cage? Runspotrun 11:41, 9 November 2007 (EST)

Once you hit (A)ssign, you should have a list of all tame animals in your fort. From here you can toggle whether or not a given animal is assigned to that cage by hitting Enter. You can do this for a number of creatures at once. Creatures already assigned to a cage or chain will have [A] out to the right of their listing. IIRC, there is a limit on the number of critters in a cage, but it's pretty high. One nice benefit is that if you put a male and female of the same species in a cage together, they can still breed.--RedKing 12:25, 9 November 2007 (EST)

Um...

(A)ssign? Uh, I don't see that. (a) is announcements, and (A) does nothing. I can see a list of animals with both (u) and (z)->Animals, but they only let me assign to owners, slaughter, etc. Do I need a specific noble? Runspotrun 12:41, 9 November 2007 (EST)

Ah, hold on. I appear to have only caught untamable creatures (yay... I guess). Does (A)ssign only work if I have caged, tame creatures? Runspotrun 12:45, 9 November 2007 (EST)

Cage options menu, I think q or t. --Savok 12:48, 9 November 2007 (EST)

Wow, I'm being really awkward here. Sorry. q and t both give me options about the animal stockpile the cages are sitting on, or the ground below that. Runspotrun 12:55, 9 November 2007 (EST)

Ahh, now I see the problem. You have to build the cage first, which moves it from the stockpile to whatever location you specify, then you can assign animals to it. Animal stockpiles just serve as collection points for your trappers to dump off their catch, or for new animals bought from caravans.--RedKing 13:19, 9 November 2007 (EST)