Iīm playing the 2010 version and I have a noob question. So as I mine, 90% of the mined tiles have various stones. Now I donīt know what to do with these, should I make a garbage dump and put it all there, or make a huge stone stockpile?
Oh, and a bonus question: Is the current 0.31.03 version playable, I have heard problems with armor and stuff like that, so should I wait for bugfixes/new versions?
I'm in my 5th year of dwarf fortress 0.31.03, so yes its playable. There are alot of bugs, but there are also workarounds for most things at the dwarf fortress wiki -
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Main_Page Just don't get too attached to your dwarves, as there's likely to be alot of deaths. Hehe! The new military interface has a steep learning curve, just keep that in mind. You'll have to do alot of reading on the wiki/forums to figure it out.
As for rock lying about your fort, it shouldn't pose a problem. But there are various ways of dealing with it. A Stone stockpile is not recommended early on as your dwarves will do nothing but move rock and ignore their other duties, which will lead to problems. I recommend leaving the stone where it is for now, but if it really bugs you just place a stone mason's worskshop smack dab in the middle of it and make doors, stone blocks, tables, thrones, cabinets, coffers, armor stands, weapon racks, etc... the mason will clear the stone out quite nicely in an area and be productive at the same time.
Hope that helps!
*edit* Craftsdwarf workshop (or two) will also do the trick... working together with the Mason's workshop you should have clear cavern floors in no time! Also, be sure to make your main entrance and main hallways at least 3 squares wide. I build mine 5 squares wide, all the way to the trade depot, and make the trade depot area quite large and then throw a few craftdwarf workshops next to it, along with finished goods stockpiles.
Jeff/HH