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[robartsmallwood]

Hey guys,

I would just like to make known that I am trying to recruit a building designer / engineer to my dwarf fortress. I forgot to designate one at the start

Is there any way to get my dwarfs to start construction projects? Can I count on waiting until engineers show up as emmigrants? I got around 20 immigrants on my first wave and yet no engineers.

Currently I have no market depot, which is making progress very hard.

I would be satisfied hacking my save file if possible, I just don't want to have to throw away this map at this point. It has a lot of potential and I am very loathe to start over...

[Snogmonkey]

Sounds like you just need to enable architecture on one of your dwarves.  It's on the last page of job lists.

[robartsmallwood]

You mean the job list I get by pressing j?
the job does show up on the list as 'Construct Building -- inactive -- trade depot'

You think that I can activate it from here?

[Romantic Warrior]

Press v. Bring the cursor over your victim. Press p, then l. Navigate the resulting list using the plus and minus keys on your numberpad. Quick hint: press - and you'll see Architecture. Select Architecture by hitting enter.

[robartsmallwood]

oh good thanks...

Saved my fort, I think

[Romantic Warrior]

Reading this will save your fort several times over.

[robartsmallwood]

Yeah, I have been reading the Wiki pretty thoroughly. Thing is, it is hard to remeber all details, and it is hard to phrase questions properly to such an engine.

Thats where human beings are still useful