Releasing dwarf from cage (justice)

[Winterson]

Can somebody help me? I couldn´t figure it out - well, I tried to look at some older things, which said "attach lever to cage" but it´s undoable. Am I missing something?

[Fel]

You should use chains for your jail, not cages.
It also helps with their mood since they can get boosts from furnitures around them while chained.

I think you need to "build" the cage in question, link a lever to it and activate the lever to release the dwarf.

[AlP]

The cage should have an option to release the dwarf once you build it, the lever is not required (except for hostile creatures).

[Winterson]

Thanks! But I´m dumb - I just had to build lever + few mechanisms. Then click on link and THEN instead of other mechanism choose the CAGE!
Gah!

[Winterson]

Oh, is it possible when I release the prisoner he just leaves the fortress?

[Fel]

Don't worry, we all had these moments as well.
The whole "how do I do that" when there is a big button for it in the center of the screen for example.
Or getting angry after an appliance doesn't do anything when you push its buttons, going on a rant about programmed obsolescence (not sure it's even written like that) only to find out an hour later that it wasn't plugged...

[Fel]

Originally posted by Winterson:

Oh, is it possible when I release the prisoner he just leaves the fortress?

Depends on the prisoner, if it was one of your dwarves then no but if it was a visitor it's definitely possible.

[Winterson]

Originally posted by Fel:

Originally posted by Winterson:

Oh, is it possible when I release the prisoner he just leaves the fortress?

Depends on the prisoner, if it was one of your dwarves then no but if it was a visitor it's definitely possible.

It was one of my dwarves. I´ve released him...and he vanished. He isn´t dead, he isn´t missing...just gone. Weird!

[Winterson]

Originally posted by Fel:

Don't worry, we all had these moments as well.
The whole "how do I do that" when there is a big button for it in the center of the screen for example.
Or getting angry after an appliance doesn't do anything when you push its buttons, going on a rant about programmed obsolescence (not sure it's even written like that) only to find out an hour later that it wasn't plugged...

Hahaha, sooo true!