40d Talk:Captured creatures

Please correct and expand this page. Initial questions: will cages melt and its inhabitants killed if magma is released onto it and the cage is non-magma-resistant?

I've done the cages to massive herds idea, but it doesn't work. They'll give birth just fine while in the cage (and the babies *won't* be locked in the cage, btw) but I've gone three years without a birth until a couple seasons after I released them all to presumably breed again. If you ask me, the ideal herd would be contained in a pit that's had access walled off, since (I believe) pathfinding lag isn't a factor when it's a wall, not a locked door.

Yea, I'm feeling a bit lazy right now, or I'd have edited this stuff into the article myself. Feel free to add it in and remove this, assuming I haven't just ended up in some weird situation where they just happen to have been pregnant for 3 years... --Edward 22:56, 10 January 2008 (EST)

Actually, the babies born in cages thing is true, but it works this way: the baby is born in the cage but is not assigned in the cage. So when it's born, a dwarf will immediately rush to free it. (Tried this by building a cage behind forbidden doors and the baby remained in the cage.)

By the way, how do you put a timestamp behind your edit? This timestamp below I have manually typed in. --User:ShunterAlhena 09:12, 11 January 2008 (EST)

use --~~~~ or the button that looks like a signature ;) --Edward 08:04, 11 January 2008 (EST)

STOP HIM!!!

How am I supposed to put a captured goblin in an arena without letting the little bastard go? Patarak 00:05, 25 January 2008 (EST)

A lever based enter/exit door for the arena so you can lock it, His combatent will probably have to be the one to let him go in that case. Or use a pit of some kind. --Shades 04:01, 25 January 2008 (EST)

My problem more lies with transporting the goblins from an animal stockpile to my arena/pit, which simply had the goblin released from his cage. Patarak 04:32, 25 January 2008 (EST)

Is there a problem with building a cage using the cage the gobbo's in? As for releasing... you do know levers work on cages too, right? --Edward 05:37, 25 January 2008 (EST)

Just to clarify, I have a problem transporting the goblin, not releasing him. When I attempted to move him, the goblin was released in the animal stockpile. I'm not sure how to specify build the cage that the goblin is using, but that would probably work, yes. Patarak 05:52, 25 January 2008 (EST)

You would build caje (yes its j to build a cage) Jikor 06:51, 25 January 2008 (EST)

IIRC, in order to assign a creature to an existing cage, it first has to be taken out of the cage it's in and carried over to the new cage. However, the dwarf moving it in this way may suddenly realise they are carrying a dangerous 'thing' and drop it. This can be avoided by building the cage directly, which does not require taking the creature out. VengefulDonut 07:59, 25 January 2008 (EST)

I know for certian this behavior held in 0.23.130.23a. I imagine it probably hasn't changed since 0.27.169.33g. I tagged the article with 0.23.130.23a, so if someone knows better, please change it. VengefulDonut 08:09, 25 January 2008 (EST)

Whenever I build the cage, the dwarves just bring an empty one. I still haven't figured out a way to build exactly the cage the goblins are in. Patarak 14:11, 25 January 2008 (EST)