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[dimex2000]

HI all
I pretty new to DF but those "The Complete and Utter Newby Tutorial for Dwarf Fortress" are helping me big time

I have started to se some dwarfs blinking with a blue or red question mark, i cant seam to figure out what it is about, or what to do about it.
(i have searced wiki and forums )

[Kazmahu]

It is in the wiki, along with other flashing overlays, on this page: http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Status_icon. To save you a moment, blue ?s mean a dwarf has no job and no destination (bludgin/idling in the meeting hall seem to count as jobs) and red ones mean a dwarf can't find a path (usually when a door they were trying to use is shut, they'll automatically try to find a way around).

[Albedo]

Yeah, every time a dwarf completes a task, or has one canceled, they seek a new one.  Some take longer than others, and some blow it off and just go back to the meeting hall and do nothing for a while. (This ~may~ be related to personality, not sure.)

While they're seeking a new mission in life, that question mark flashes.  They all do it, no big unless one is stuck in that mode.

[dimex2000]

thanks

I was worried becorse i thourt they where going mad or some of those things

[Albedo]

That's one of the exclamation points.  Good to read over those (wiki link above) and know the bad ones.  (I bookmarked them.)

[Puck]

HAH I KNEW it 

I was watching my dwarves and I remember in the beginning I was a bit worried by that red question mark. But just by watching them I deducted that this red ? means they are updating their path. I r teh smartz.

But I have to admit, I never figured out what the blue one meant 

[Albedo]

u r taht.

I had a mining project across the map that was not progressing very quickly, so I installed a door and locked my miners in there until it was done.  I found out what several of those mean.