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[Khyron]

In the vein of being able to give a dwarf a custom nickname and profession, I would like to beg and plead for the ability to set a dwarf's class type/color.

My main reasoning here is if you get a big immigration wave and you receive four fish cleaners, you could assign two of them to become farmers using the labor options, and give them the custom profession 'Farmer', but they'll still be shown in dark blue, still be sorted next to the other fisherdwarves in the unit list, and still be listed as a 'fisherdwarf' when you look at the status with Z.

I would like to be able to manually assign a dwarf to being a 'Farmer' type, despite the fact that he is only skilled with Fish Cleaning. He would show up on the screen in brown, he would be listed as a Farmer in the status, and he would be grouped together with the other Farmers (And shown in brown) in the unit list.

If no custom type is assigned, the unit is assigned the type of their highest skill, just like profession is determined.

In terms of keeping dwarves organized, this would be an absolute GODSEND.

[Pilsu]

I'd prefer immigrants didn't have useless random skills to begin with 

Don't mind me, I guess this would have it's uses either way

[SirHoneyBadger]

I agree with the OP, it would be a superb feature to have.

I'll add that I wouldn't mind being able to turn on/off flashing, also, since that would make finding specific dwarfs far easier.

[HammerHand]

Definitely.  My "units" screen is so disorganized and useless because I keep cross-training and the like.  Also, the flashing only makes me wonder what it's trying to tell me, and messes with my eyes.

[Megaman]

I'd prefer immigrants didn't have useless random skills to begin with 

Don't mind me, I guess this would have it's uses either way

well look at it this way, atleast you won't feel bad drafting them intp the millitary

[Bloogonis]

In one of my last forts one of my Nicknamed Dorfs launced a rock into a goblin mace lord and emediately afterwords got a mood, he made a Gear that depicted the founding of the fort and goblins being struck down. This was clearly divine provodence and he became the Religious leader of the fort.

 If I would have been able to change his color to Purple then it would have looked perfect. Plus his statue garden and table slash altar kept him in the Temple. sadly he had the siege engineer colors. Again this will be moot once the next version is finished with custom Nobles.

But now I realize this suggestion might actually be asking for more of an init file to color code your dwarfs so you dont get confused with your carpenter and your spearmen.

[Rowanas]

yep, like when I assign that third cook to the army and then have to troll through my 30+ recruits to find the one with cooking.