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Libash_Thunderhead

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Can't drain river
« on: April 10, 2019, 07:29:23 pm »

Does rain fill rivers like murky pools?
Because I built a dam but the downstream half of the river never completely drain.
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daggaz

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Re: Can't drain river
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2019, 01:02:42 am »

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Libash_Thunderhead

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Re: Can't drain river
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2019, 01:37:55 am »

Thanks.
I just want to catch some milkfish. I noticed fish die when they leave water. It seems draining the river is not an option.
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daggaz

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Re: Can't drain river
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2019, 02:45:11 am »

Thanks.
I noticed fish die when they leave water.

The simulation is all-encompassing.  Your fisherdwarves will have no problem fishing from the banks, where they can fall in and be eaten by carp, as is intended.

If you are trying to capture them alive (you can build cage traps out of glass and these will hold water), note that vermin fish (the kind that your fisherdwarves catch) can be processed for food in a fishery, but have no pet value, meaning as far as I understand, they cannot be kept alive.  Things like turtles and salamanders can be kept in cages, I've never done it tho so somebody else will have to help you or explain that I am wrong. 

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Vermin
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Libash_Thunderhead

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Re: Can't drain river
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2019, 11:44:53 pm »

I added a gate on the dam. So when I open the gate, some milkfish will be washed away into shallow water and die. Since the water is shallow, the dwarves have no problem retrieving them.
By the way, there's no vermin fish anymore.
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daggaz

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Re: Can't drain river
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2019, 06:58:38 am »

Really? When did that go in?  Does that mean I can finally breed pond turtles?
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PatrikLundell

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Re: Can't drain river
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2019, 07:36:06 am »

No. Vermin can't be bred (with the exception of bees, if you consider them to be vermin). Capturing of vermin (using vermin traps) was possible in 0.40.X, and is probably older than that.
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