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[captduck]

Is there a way to turn off the display of miasma temporarily?  I have a big ass siege going on and I'm letting the goblins come in maybe a dozen at a time by raising and lowering the bridge to my fortress.  I'm trying to determine when is the best time to send my soldiers into the trap hallway to mop up survivors, but I can't see anything but purple left over from the previous wave.  Is it possible to turn it off so I can easily tell how many goblins are left in the hallway?

[janglur]

Long answer:   no

[captduck]

That's disappointing.     I don't suppose it can be made partially transparent or anything?  It makes it so hard to tell what's going on in there.

Somewhat unrelated, but is there a way to make dwarves prioritize throwing out miasma generating body parts above other types of trash or other tasks?

[Foehamster]

Designate the rotten remains for dumping, forbid what is unrotten. Also you'll want a garbage zone (hanging over a pit is best).

[Genoraven]

Designate the rotten remains for dumping, forbid what is unrotten. Also you'll want a garbage zone (hanging over a pit is best).

In the middle of a siege? are you crazy?


But yeah there is no way to turn it off. I wish there was a way also.

[captduck]

In the middle of a siege? are you crazy?

Hehe, it's cool.  I have both a refuse stockpile and garbage dump inside my fortress.  I just seal my fortress shut and kill or cage everything hostile inside.  After a little cleanup I pull all the civilians back and let some more goblins into the meat grinder.  Technically flying invaders could get into my internal refuse stockpile from outside, but so far it hasn't been an issue.

[magicwalker]

Can't you just "look" through the miasma using V (details of nearest unit) or K (standard look command).

[Zantan]

Or once you have a chance, you can use grates and vents to make the worst parts outdoors.

[captduck]

Or once you have a chance, you can use grates and vents to make the worst parts outdoors.

You can, but it's kind of a pain to do so.  Especially if you're trying to keep track of moving targets like goblin invaders.  It also stops the game while you're scanning around with the cursor.

[VoidPointer]

Hehe, it's cool.  I have both a refuse stockpile and garbage dump inside my fortress.  I just seal my fortress shut and kill or cage everything hostile inside.  After a little cleanup I pull all the civilians back and let some more goblins into the meat grinder.  Technically flying invaders could get into my internal refuse stockpile from outside, but so far it hasn't been an issue.

If you make a refuse pile in a sealed chamber, with two doors one after another:

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The dwarven exposure to miasma will be minimal, and it will be isolated to an unimportant area. Then, when the surface is accessible again, make a refuse pile that takes from that one. Make sure to un-take it afterward, though, to avoid job cancellation spam next siege.

[captduck]

Oh hey, I like that idea.  A little miasma air lock.  I'm going to have to use that.

[forsaken1111]

Does miasma still have the odd quirk that it will not spread diagonally? If so, you can use that old trick and have the only entrance to the refuse area be a diagonal block.