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somebody64:
question one: I can't figure out how to train dog and other animals in the new version. I have a kennels and a training zone over it, but still can figure in out.

question two: can wax be used as a building material? If it can, i'd like to made my next mega project out of it.

thanks

khearn:
question 1: You don't need a kennel any more, just a training zone. Go to z->Animals and select the animal to train. Hit t and select the trainer (or pick any trainer, which is what I usually do) and hit enter. Then hit w or h to have that animal trained as a war or hunting animal. Wait for a dwarf to get around to it.

Dunno about #2. I haven't ever messed with bees.

Girlinhat:
2: Not directly, but you could mod it in.  Add a reaction that takes wax and produces a block made of the same material.  You'll either get a wax block, or you'll get a bumblebee block, I'm not entirely sure.

WCG:

--- Quote from: khearn on May 29, 2012, 01:27:42 pm ---question 1: You don't need a kennel any more, just a training zone. Go to z->Animals and select the animal to train. Hit t and select the trainer (or pick any trainer, which is what I usually do) and hit enter. Then hit w or h to have that animal trained as a war or hunting animal. Wait for a dwarf to get around to it.

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Just to be clear, the animal has to be in the training zone. The trainer won't take the animal there (that's been my experience, anyway). For dogs, just make the training zone an animal pasture, too, and pasture the dogs in it.

For wild animals you want to tame, you can place a training zone over your animal stockpile. But for dangerous animals which might not be easy to tame (my tame alligator just went wild again), I'd build a small, separate room with a door, construct that particular cage there, and make the whole room a training zone/pasture.

Once the animal is tame, you can pasture it there. Leaving the door closed to animals will keep it from escaping if it turns wild again (at least, until you build cage traps outside the door to catch it).

ledgekindred:

--- Quote from: Girlinhat on May 29, 2012, 01:33:17 pm ---2: Not directly, but you could mod it in.  Add a reaction that takes wax and produces a block made of the same material.  You'll either get a wax block, or you'll get a bumblebee block, I'm not entirely sure.

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oh. my. armok.  A megaproject built entirely of bees....

ledgekindred passes out from awesomeness

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