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[Azerax]

Crafty McUrist just made a figurine worth 90,000, and I'd like to display it in the dining room.  Like my dorfs, I've had a bit too much whiskey and can't figure out how to do this.  Any suggestions are truly appreciated.

[tonnot98]

Figurines are finished goods, and cannot be displayed.

You can build statues, though. That artifact is pretty much just saying "Attack this fortress! We have cool shit!"

[Tacomagic]

There is no way to do this in vanilla DF.  However, there are a few mods that allow you to build display cases to put stuff in.

[Azerax]

thanks to both of you.  I'm looking forward to the extra !FUN! this will create.

[dwarf_reform]

So a artifact-quality figurine-only stockpile in the main hall wouldn't create good feelings? If not, then my scepter-loving baroness probably doesn't appreciate the massive scepter storage I've added to their bedroom :| Or my public bin-less stockpiles of masterwork gems..

.. Then again, I doubt it'd be balanced if a dwarf got 300 good feelings just from passing by a massive stockpile of masterful items..

[Ravendarksky]

You can use dfhack in earlier versions to put things on tables. This is what I do when I get artefact craftables.

[celem]

So a artifact-quality figurine-only stockpile in the main hall wouldn't create good feelings? If not, then my scepter-loving baroness probably doesn't appreciate the massive scepter storage I've added to their bedroom :| Or my public bin-less stockpiles of masterwork gems..

.. Then again, I doubt it'd be balanced if a dwarf got 300 good feelings just from passing by a massive stockpile of masterful items..

correct.  Items need to be built to produce the thoughts.  Furniture must be placed etc.  The mods work by adding a 'display case' workshop which accepts absolutely any item as one of the build materials, thus making that item 'visible' to the dwarves.

That said a dwarf could in theory get a happy thought by handling an item they are fond of, so if you can get the baroness to haul the sceptre somehow she should see it.  (Theory: Burrow and trade depot only she can reach?)

This is true of fortress and room value too.  Your furniture score increases when you place it, not make it (is armour/weapons value only that held?  dont know), and this is why you use artifact mechanisms in levers in dining rooms/bedrooms.  Unfortunately artifact goods like figurines are destined to never be appreciated or impact a room value since you cannot integrate them into the value in vanilla df.