Store Page
Dwarf Fortress
All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews

Dwarf Fortress

Store Page
Jeza Dec 31, 2022 @ 9:26am
Bug ? Way too many children in migration waves
I've played DF for years until a couple of years ago and never seen something like this.
I've tried 3 fortresses since the steam release and in each one each migration wave has a lot of kids, sometimes more kids than adults, I have now around 100 pop and more than half are children and my dwarfs keep getting pregnant. I'm not sure if I've hit the cap on kids or not so it might not be a bug but the fact that there are so many kids every single migration wave no exception doesn't seem normal and is nothing I've ever seen in previous versions.
< >
Showing 1-9 of 9 comments
Daxamar Dec 31, 2022 @ 9:28am 
Kids arent too bad now. They do Chores.
#1
Deviant Dec 31, 2022 @ 9:53am 
You can change the child cap in the settings. It can be adjusted during your current save.
#2
Grebo Punter Dec 31, 2022 @ 11:15am 
give them bedrooms/burrows on the edge of the map on the surface, let the snatchers take care of the problem.
#3
treehann Dec 31, 2022 @ 11:19am 
Originally posted by Grebo Punter:
give them bedrooms/burrows on the edge of the map on the surface, let the snatchers take care of the problem.
LOL that's the craziest thing I've read in a while, I love it.
#4
Rainbow Jeremy Dec 31, 2022 @ 11:22am 
automatic goblin recruitment center
#5
Dark Dec 31, 2022 @ 11:34am 
I don't mind some children, i Just wish there was a way to set the child cap as a percentage rather than a hard cap. 10 children in a 20 dwarf fort is different then 10 children in a 140 dwarf fort. But then my 200 pop fort is 1/3 children, at least 2 of them have permanent PSD from trauama that happened 4 years ago.

(Ok. a way without updating the child/population caps every migrant wave)
#6
kheftel Dec 31, 2022 @ 12:48pm 
Isn't one of the child caps expressed as a percentage?
#7
GankHammer Dec 31, 2022 @ 12:55pm 
Originally posted by Grebo Punter:
give them bedrooms/burrows on the edge of the map on the surface, let the snatchers take care of the problem.
YOU. DA. MAN.
lol, I'm so doing this.
#8
Jeza Dec 31, 2022 @ 1:48pm 
Originally posted by kheftel:
Isn't one of the child caps expressed as a percentage?
yes I just discovered this, I had set the numbers cap to 30 child+baby and had 50 children already but the % cap was 1000 (100% )

However I changed this in the settings the cap is now 20 kids and 40% and my last wave of 15 migrants had 12 children and 3 adults even tough I already have 61 of 153 dwarfs that are kids or babies.

That's why I wonder if it's a bug because it seems the cap is not taken into account.

As I changed it mid game it might be why so I'll have to try a new fort soon and see.
#9
< >
Showing 1-9 of 9 comments
Per page: 1530 50

Dwarf Fortress > General Discussions > Topic Details
Date Posted: Dec 31, 2022 @ 9:26am
Posts: 9

Discussions Rules and Guidelines