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UltraMagnus

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Breaking up a family?
« on: August 21, 2014, 04:39:31 pm »

Recently, I've had a baby lose the upper half of its body. The baby is listed as dead in my unit list, unsurprisingly. However, the mother of the baby continually interrupts tasks that she is doing, which is very annoying not only because of the fact that even when idle she spams the notification feed, but because she is one of the few mechanics for the fortress I'm playing with. So far she's wasted several mechanisms by cancelling linking jobs, and I'm too short on hands to replace her.
Is it possible to remove the baby as a relative from the mother, such as removing the baby's relations, giving it a different mother, or et cetera?
« Last Edit: August 21, 2014, 04:46:01 pm by UltraMagnus »
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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2014, 05:03:46 pm »

Recently, I've had a baby lose the upper half of its body. The baby is listed as dead in my unit list, unsurprisingly. However, the mother of the baby continually interrupts tasks that she is doing, which is very annoying not only because of the fact that even when idle she spams the notification feed, but because she is one of the few mechanics for the fortress I'm playing with. So far she's wasted several mechanisms by cancelling linking jobs, and I'm too short on hands to replace her.
Is it possible to remove the baby as a relative from the mother, such as removing the baby's relations, giving it a different mother, or et cetera?
That one probably belongs on the bug tracker, along with a save file.

"Dissociative mother still caring for dead child."
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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2014, 05:08:40 pm »

"Dissociative mother still caring for dead child."

Wow, how is this not a feature of a mental breakdown..

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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2014, 05:23:21 pm »

One of my mothers is carrying the decapitated head of her baby instead of the mace I assigned her.
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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2014, 05:28:10 pm »

One of my mothers is carrying the decapitated head of her baby instead of the mace I assigned her.

Thats very disturbing.
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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2014, 06:24:47 pm »

One of my mothers is carrying the decapitated head of her baby instead of the mace I assigned her.

Thats very disturbing.
Can I sig that?
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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2014, 06:26:01 pm »

I've seen weirder stuff. Like maybe a mother who was a vampire sucking her own baby dry? Or a zombie bunny horde, which killed a guy who liked those specific bunnies, so he died happy? Yeah. Weirder stuff has happened.
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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2014, 06:27:18 pm »

Go for it!
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If any of them are made of fire, throw stuff, run, and think non-flammable thoughts.

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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2014, 06:44:41 pm »

One of my mothers is carrying the decapitated head of her baby instead of the mace I assigned her.
So, was it effective in combat?

That one probably belongs on the bug tracker, along with a save file.

"Dissociative mother still caring for dead child."
I'm playing on v34, so I would have no idea if this issue is resolved in v40.
I'd rather have a method of altering the family anyways, that way I can see if I can hook the female in question up with another female.
No husband = no babies?
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Re: Breaking up a family?
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2014, 08:28:38 pm »

One of my mothers is carrying the decapitated head of her baby instead of the mace I assigned her.

Thats very disturbing.
Can I sig that?

Go ahead :P
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