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    ... they always go to the dungeon heart and touch it, before proceeding to make a lair or do whatever. Has this any gameplay effect at all? Are they pledging allegiance to you as a keeper? :P Does anybody know? If you pick them up and drop them before they do this they will skip this action altogether.

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    I suppose it's pledging allegiance to a keeper, but gameplaywise it doesn't effect anything. It's just a neat little touch.

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    Actualy it was a glitch the developer never fixed. You aren't supposed to have control over that monster untill it has touched the Dungeon Heart of it's owner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enker-Zan View Post
    Actualy it was a glitch the developer never fixed. You aren't supposed to have control over that monster untill it has touched the Dungeon Heart of it's owner.
    You know this how? Where did you obtain this information?
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    Default Re: When creatures enter through the portal...

    I also noticed along with this issue, that if a neutral creature is loitering near you land, dragon in lava or ghost on water, all you need to do is become one of your creatures walk near it, then unposess and it becomes yours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shogun View Post
    I also noticed along with this issue, that if a neutral creature is loitering near you land, dragon in lava or ghost on water, all you need to do is become one of your creatures walk near it, then unposess and it becomes yours.

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    Yes, that's basically how neutral creatures work in DK1. Get a creature of yours near them, and they will join you. I don't see the "issue" in this. Nor do I see any reason why you posted this, anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mothrayas View Post
    Yes, that's basically how neutral creatures work in DK1. Get a creature of yours near them, and they will join you. I don't see the "issue" in this. Nor do I see any reason why you posted this, anyway.
    I always found it annoying when the creature would be point blank in front of you in uneven terrain and won't join you unless your on the same height level.

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    There used to be a fan site many MANY years back that had some of the developers as moderators and they told us that when we asked about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enker-Zan View Post
    Actualy it was a glitch the developer never fixed. You aren't supposed to have control over that monster untill it has touched the Dungeon Heart of it's owner.
    Would be funny if there's a massive battle going on around the dungeon heart and a Warlock walks in *lalalalalala* poofs the heart and only then notices there's a battle going on. :P

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    You're the keeper?!
    Well, I didn't pledge to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enker-Zan View Post
    Actualy it was a glitch the developer never fixed. You aren't supposed to have control over that monster untill it has touched the Dungeon Heart of it's owner.
    LIE! Here's a line from the source code of the game. This was amongst the list of "creature states":

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    _DK_creature_present_to_dungeon_heart(struct Thing *thing);
    So, YEAH, like Mothrayas said, the creature is doing this for pleding allegiance. If they're distracted, if they can't access to the dungeon heart or if they're picked up and dropped back, they won't present to the dungeon heart, but it's not really necessary anyway as they already belong to you anyway. You can, yeah, lock the Dungeon Heart room and they'll already aim for building their lair, getting some extra time.

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