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0004962Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Petspublic2014-08-04 15:01
ReporterPickerel Assigned Touser6 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionduplicate 
Platform?OSOS X OS VersionLeopard
Product Version0.31.25 
Summary0004962: War Animals Won't Eat
DescriptionPart of the reason I put this as such a low priority is because of the fact that I probably modded in the ability to make Elephants myself, making it not a problem for Vanilla DF.
I had my elephants eating just fine (and in fact outcompeting every other creature, it seems), but then I made them War Elephants. They are starving to death even though I have them outside in a nice area full of grasses, and at first I thought it a duplicate of the 'tame animals can't eat fast enough' bug. However as I watched and checked back every so often, I noticed that they were not even eating the grass. I put them indoors to see if they could eat indoor 'grass'. They will not do so, even though they are starving while other animals in similar situations immediately eat a ton of grass and fill themselves up.
I searched and could not find a reference to this exact problem, leading me to believe that I most likely, long ago, modded in the ability to have War Elephants (though it is realistic: they did exist). So anyway, when making a creature a war creature, it seems to remove the ability to eat, making the creature quickly starve to death. Hence this bug report. I think that is all.
Steps To ReproduceGet an animal that grazes.
Go to the raws and give it the ability to become a war animal.
In-game, capture or bring along one of these creatures.
Make the animal a war animal. I recommend elephants.
Place animal anywhere, or allow to roam.
Watch for signs of the animal eating grasses. Likely observe no such feeding behavior.
Cry as your precious war animal starves to death regardless of the abundant food around it.
Repeat ad nauseum.
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related to 0004113 resolvedToady One Large grazers (elephants and giraffes) can't eat fast enough to keep from starving 

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UristDaVinci

2011-11-30 18:05

reporter   ~0019059

Tame Elephants are currently bugged, and will die of starvation while eating, because they can't eat fast enough. Did you try your experiment with war goats or any other small grazing animal?

user6

2011-12-22 10:02

  ~0019241

Reminder sent to: Pickerel

Can you reproduce this problem with smaller war animals e.g. goats?

user6

2014-01-20 19:28

  ~0024293

Didn't get follow-up info.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2011-11-21 13:23 Pickerel New Issue
2011-11-30 18:05 UristDaVinci Note Added: 0019059
2011-12-07 09:27 user6 Tag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE
2011-12-07 09:28 user6 Relationship added related to 0004113
2011-12-22 10:02 user6 Note Added: 0019241
2014-01-20 19:28 user6 Note Added: 0024293
2014-01-20 19:28 user6 Status new => resolved
2014-01-20 19:28 user6 Resolution open => duplicate
2014-01-20 19:28 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-08-04 15:01 user6 Tag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE