Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[amade]

I recall someone hitting upon a good way to get more seeds for crops that can't be processed (thus the only way to acquire more seeds is to eat it raw) by getting dorfs to feed them to chained grazing animals. I think burrows were involved.

Anyway, for some reason my dorfs keep giving only one type of food to chained animals even though it's not even the closest source: rock nut paste. I want to stop them taking the paste intended for pressing and restrict them to using raw plants/meat. But I can't seem to work out how it was done and I can't find the thread where the idea was explained (I can't even remember if I read it on bay12, steam, or reddit).

Any chance anyone might know how to do this, or know of the thread I'm talking about?

[Tomsod]

I've asked about it in this thread, and there were some ideas, unfortunately I play at very sedate pace and so I'm yet to try it out myself.

[amade]

Thanks, I figured out why it wasn't working; I didn't actually put my caretaker dorfs in said burrows. Not really a fan of this method though, since I'd have to also include everything the dorfs need in the burrow. I thought simply including the chains in the burrow would restrict what items it can source, similar to how it works for workshops. It didn't occur to me that Give food tasks are generated by the creature themselves rather than the building.

[A_Curious_Cat]

This sounds like something for the Suggestions Forum…

[Blue_Dwarf]

I think this could work well with a vampire/necromancer. You don't even need a burrow, just lock him in the room with plants and animals.

[A_Curious_Cat]

I was thinking some extra settings in the kitchen menu.

[bateau-de-coal]

Have you found out what's the priority of choosing which food to give to animals?

[amade]

Nope, never figured it out. Even when the choice is restricted to food within the burrow, they don't even pick the closest food available to either the animal or the giver.