Hey guys, I've just recently discovered this game, and after doing a fair bit of research it is now occupying a large amount of my time. However, I've just got a couple questions about a few things.
First off, I've made a couple fortresses so far, most abandoned due to unorganization (I didn't know about dumping stones to make room for stockpiles
). Anyways, a common problem I'm having is that any time a dwarf caravan rolls into town, the hammerdwarf/macedwarf that accompany it immediately starts killing all of my animals for no apparent reason. This is really frustrating, and this action is often this straw that breaks the back of my frustration with a particular fortress. My most recent rendition is still alive, but I ended up losing three kittens, two puppies, and all but one of my adult dogs to the dwarves. Why is this happening/what can be done to fix this problem?
Also, I'm playing on a mac, and I have a problem deleting names of different things. For example, when I go to rename something, like a dwarf's occupation, or the name of a hotkey, I press the delete button, and instead of removing text it just adds these weird little triangles, which leaves some of my dwarven occupation names looking a little strange. Again, why is this happening, and what can I do to erase these entries and replace them with my own.
I'll probably be back with more questions, but this is all I can think of for now. I've always been a big fan of gameplay over graphics, and Dwarf Fortress is right up my alley. Anyways, thanks for the help!
-Figs