Can people explain to me how to wrangle slicksters?

[minespatch]

Is there a way to wrangle the slicksters? There isn't a option to wrangle them when I click but I've seen images of the slicksters being wrangled.

[Loscil2]

Enclose them in a room of less than 96 tiles -> place a Critter Drop-off and Grooming Station -> Set the drop off to slicksters and set the slider to 0 -> enjoy seeing slicksters all tied up.

[minespatch]

3 minutes ago, Loscil2 said:

Enclose them in a room of less than 96 tiles -> place a Critter Drop-off and Grooming Station -> Set the drop off to slicksters and set the slider to 0 -> enjoy seeing slicksters all tied up.

The problem is that I'm just trying to move them from my mushroom farms to a new crude oil farm so it's not out of masochistic pleasure.

[KittenIsAGeek]

Yeah, you can't wrangle them directly, but you CAN use the critter drop-off to move them by using the 'auto wrangle surplus' feature.

 

[minespatch]

2 minutes ago, KittenIsAGeek said:

Yeah, you can't wrangle them directly, but you CAN use the critter drop-off to move them by using the 'auto wrangle surplus' feature.

 

That helps me understand that feature.

[Aelfled]

Or use critter traps.

[KittenIsAGeek]

1 hour ago, minespatch said:

That helps me understand that feature.

@Loscil2 above posted how to do it.  I didn't feel the need to repeat it.  But, since you asked...

 Basically you make a room around the slicksters that you want to move.  Inside, you build a critter drop-off and set it to 'auto wrangle surplus,' set the critters to slicksters, and the quantity to zero.  Where you want the slicksters, you put another critter drop off, set the critters to 'slicksters' and the quantity to max.  You'll want to do this in a room, since critters other than the ones you've selected will be counted.  Anyway, as long as there are critters where you don't want them, your rancher will tie 'em up with string, and your suppliers will carry 'em to the correct drop-off.

[minespatch]

6 minutes ago, KittenIsAGeek said:

You'll want to do this in a room, since critters other than the ones you've selected will be counted. 

I'll do this with pufts next. Thanks guys.

[Gus Smedstad]

1 hour ago, Aelfled said:

Or use critter traps.

Critter traps are one-use items, and you don't get the materials back after you trap something. So it's preferable to use auto-wrangle if it's at all possible.

[KittenIsAGeek]

1 minute ago, Gus Smedstad said:

Critter traps are one-use items, and you don't get the materials back after you trap something. So it's preferable to use auto-wrangle if it's at all possible.

They also have a tendency to melt in the oil biome where slicksters live.

[Sasza22]

7 hours ago, KittenIsAGeek said:

They also have a tendency to melt in the oil biome where slicksters live.

I think they increased the melting point of plastic some time ago beacause of that. It shuld be around 190^oC now iirc. Enough for oil biome but still troublesome if you want to catch shove voles.

[Aelfled]

They also don't melt after they have a critter inside, so it doesn't matter if it takes a while for someone to collect them after they are caught

[Loscil2]

7 hours ago, Sasza22 said:

 still troublesome if you want to catch shove voles.

You can now wrangle shove voles. I know cause I would wrangle them an exterminate them. All of them.

[Red Shark]

Am I doing something wrong? I could have sworn this was the same for shinebugs, but I don't appear to be wrangling any out of my egg storage room.

Actually, I have a separate room with tame shinebugs that are wrangled just fine. Does this only work for tame non-baby critters?

 

[Grimgaw]

4 minutes ago, Red Shark said:

Does this only work for tame non-baby critters?

Wrangle only works on adults, yes.

[Red Shark]

13 minutes ago, Grimgaw said:

Wrangle only works on adults, yes.

Hmm. Did you mean auto-wrangle?

(I did have to write a mod to enable manual wrangling on Shine Bugs...)

 

[Sasza22]

2 hours ago, Loscil2 said:

You can now wrangle shove voles. I know cause I would wrangle them an exterminate them. All of them.

Hard to wrangle them when they stay underground. Setting a trap lets you catch it without needing a dupe there. Just need to make sure it won`t touch the hot regolith.

[6Havok9]

2 hours ago, Red Shark said:

Hmm. Did you mean auto-wrangle?

(I did have to write a mod to enable manual wrangling on Shine Bugs...)

 

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