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[Sjotrik]

I don`t know about you guys, but I have grown tired of that "on break" funtion. My dwarved do nothing but eat, drink and sleep. no working what so ever. i have missed valuable time to this marvelous function, until I figured out something.

I quicly shut down all workshops to the dwarves on break, so that there is nothing they have to do. then i waited 2-3 minutes. and then they said they had "no job" and VOILA! They are all working again now. so, if any of you guys are victim to this function too often, give this a try.

[AutomataKittay]

Sounds like they went off-break normally and you just managed to waste some time. I've never had that much issues with them going on breaks, unless it's some oddity in more recent version.

I believe that drafting them into military will force them to 'unbreak', however I haven't tested that and only heard of it.

[Psieye]

Uh, 2~3 minutes IS the amount of time they need to get off break regardless anyway. In 40d, the quick fix was to draft them into the military and undraft them again. Not sure if that still works in DF2010.

Going on break is dictated by their personalities - different dwarves demand a holiday after different amounts of constant labour. Not sure if a dwarf who has periodic idle time will ever go on break.

[lanceleoghauni]

Yeah, there's nothing you can do about it really, just deal with it and have larger workforces to make sure things get done in a reasonable amount of time.

[AutomataKittay]

Yeah, there's nothing you can do about it really, just deal with it and have larger workforces to make sure things get done in a reasonable amount of time.

This, this' what I do. Have two or three jobbers per workshop that have such job, so they rotates working constantly. Unless you're willing to be selective about dwarves willing to do work faster from personality, or need very specialized dwarves ( such as armor and weapon smithes, in metal-scare maps ).

[Soapalope]

At least when they're on break, they aren't partying.

[VonCede]

Party is easy to break up, just free the room from microline table they are partying around and designate new meeting hall from next table on the row. Lot of free workforce.

[Lectorog]

Party is easy to break up, just free the room from microline table they are partying around and designate new meeting hall from next table on the row. Lot of free workforce.

You can re-designate from the same table. The dwarves don't seem to mind.
Best solution: Use the "i" zones for meeting rooms, not furniture. I haven't had a party in my last dozen+ fortresses.

[thedryness]

You can re-designate from the same table. The dwarves don't seem to mind.
Best solution: Use the "i" zones for meeting rooms, not furniture. I haven't had a party in my last dozen+ fortresses.

damn, i never realized this. my forts are always FULL of parties because i always designate with the tables and because i usually make statue gardens out of my statues (without even really knowing why i should make them or what they are for...)

but then again, a fort with no parties would seem pretty bleak. i like to know my dwarves are happy and not about to tantrum spiral themselves out of existence.

[612DwarfAvenue]

Yeah, On Break is its own "job" that Dwarves do. Shutting down the Workshops does nothing, because the On Break "job" has nothing to do with them. 2-3 minutes is what they're On Break for anyway.

Also, i tried in an earlier DF2010 version, and drafting them won't get rid of On Break anymore. Only works back in 40d (unless Toady put it back in for some reason, but i haven't tested it recently).

[Hurgal]

The last time I tried the draft/undraft trick, the offending dwarf simply went back to being On Break after being undrafted.

[VonCede]

You can re-designate from the same table. The dwarves don't seem to mind.
Best solution: Use the "i" zones for meeting rooms, not furniture. I haven't had a party in my last dozen+ fortresses.

But is it still counted as Legendary dining hall?

[celem]

Yeah.  You can still create a room from the table, make it a dining room but dont flag it as a meeting hall.