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DF Gameplay Questions / Newbie Help
« on: February 15, 2014, 03:23:36 pm »
So got a newbie question and looking for a little advice. Been playing around with DF and been great fun except one thing. Hunting. Using the Masterwork mod btw, not sure if that changes the mechanics enough to be noteworthy for this.
Twice now I've had a Dwarf go hunting after something they REALLY shouldn't of. First time was a Wyvern, which when I saw it sparked a bit of worry but a quick check of the combat log showed he was tearing it a new one so thought. Hum, maybe over estimated Wyvern and nothing actually to worry about. No, no, there was definitely something to worry about. The other Wyverns on the map didn't take kindly to this and shook all of his limbs off before eating him. =/ Tantrum Spiral->Gave up on fort.
Decided to try an area that was kinder and found a Mirthful Mountain, surely nothing could go wrong there. Sent the hunters off to chase some Pegasus, contemplating if the elves would get angry if I sold them Pegasus sausages when Dwarf has died message popped up. What foul thing had wandered onto to the map while there were hunting I wondered? Nothing, it was the Pegasus....it had bitten him in the head, gave it a good shake and torn it off and proceed to eat it, then his body, then choked out a hunting Mastiff with its wing(What?!), and ate that as well. Poor Rozagura.
1. Tarn, your definition of Mirthful is my definition of Nightmare fuel
2. (Enough of the sillyness, this is a genuine question) How the heck do you stop this sortta thing from happening? Do you just have to do a unit list scan before sending your hunters out every time and keep an eye on them while they are hunting? Cause that seem tedious. Or is them some option I'm missing to tell hunters not to hunt dangerous creatures that I'm just missing?
Twice now I've had a Dwarf go hunting after something they REALLY shouldn't of. First time was a Wyvern, which when I saw it sparked a bit of worry but a quick check of the combat log showed he was tearing it a new one so thought. Hum, maybe over estimated Wyvern and nothing actually to worry about. No, no, there was definitely something to worry about. The other Wyverns on the map didn't take kindly to this and shook all of his limbs off before eating him. =/ Tantrum Spiral->Gave up on fort.
Decided to try an area that was kinder and found a Mirthful Mountain, surely nothing could go wrong there. Sent the hunters off to chase some Pegasus, contemplating if the elves would get angry if I sold them Pegasus sausages when Dwarf has died message popped up. What foul thing had wandered onto to the map while there were hunting I wondered? Nothing, it was the Pegasus....it had bitten him in the head, gave it a good shake and torn it off and proceed to eat it, then his body, then choked out a hunting Mastiff with its wing(What?!), and ate that as well. Poor Rozagura.
1. Tarn, your definition of Mirthful is my definition of Nightmare fuel
2. (Enough of the sillyness, this is a genuine question) How the heck do you stop this sortta thing from happening? Do you just have to do a unit list scan before sending your hunters out every time and keep an eye on them while they are hunting? Cause that seem tedious. Or is them some option I'm missing to tell hunters not to hunt dangerous creatures that I'm just missing?