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[2xMachina]

No, this isn't a problem with building.

Instead, rather, my idle dwarves insist on standing on weird places.

For example, they like to stand outside my walled fort for no reason, rather than stand on a meeting zone inside my fort (that is a few tiles away, beyond a wall). Removing the zone doesn't seem to help, even when I've a statue garden, and zoo defined.

Also, 2 migrants stood around where they came in, even after their migrant status expired. The other migrants has since walked to the meeting zone. I've drafted them to get them inside my fort, but deactivating them sends them running back outside, standing on some far side of the map for no reason. 1 of them seems to have claimed a room on appearing. No idea where though. (Economy is on).

EDIT:

Also, I've 173 dwarves now (24 childrens). My Count doesn't seem to be getting promoted/Duke doesn't seem to be coming, so I'm not getting the king either....

[XSI]

Firstly, some dwarves actually dislike crowds, and will stand somewhere quiet, try having more tunnels and mined out areas for them to stand in, they may just go there instead.

Secondly, try giving those migrants a job, like a single pull lever job on a lever just for them, not attached to anything. They will walk in for their job, and then probably stay around there, dwarves seem to actually have favourite places in a fort, and that has given me problems with a dwarf loving the magma channel I was just filling.

I'm not sure on the noble issue, but you might want to just create more wealth, that seems to effect a lot of things. Smoothing things is a quick way to get wealth.

[2xMachina]

Well, they have their rooms to stand in if they dislike crowds.

I've mined/smoothed/engraved out enough space for 200+ rooms, so created wealth is not a problem also.

[XSI]

I've found in my current fort that even if they have rooms to stand in, some of them will prefer to stand somewhere else, like outside, or in a mining shaft.

I did notice they tend to sometimes also stand where their last job ended, so you may want to just create some artificial jobs, like setting stone to be dumped somewhere, then reclaiming it and dumping it somewhere else. This will also help them afford their homes with the economy.

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

It might seem weird but people on general do not want to stand around in their rooms all day. they might not like crowds but they probably like company. do you have any big dinning rooms or statue gardens for them to hang out at?

[2xMachina]

Yup, a big dining room, and a crowded statue garden.

[Quietust]

If a dwarf ever gets stranded in a particular location (e.g. building a wall or digging a channel from the wrong side), then that dwarf will choose that location as his "idle" spot for a while and prefer to stand there whenever he isn't otherwise busy (after a while, he'll decide to switch to another meeting area).

[2xMachina]

Problem solved. Gave them some jobs to do, and they were ok back.

Still nothing on the duke though. 193 dwarves now (though mostly children/babies), and the last migration had no nobles.