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[yuy168]

I need to build a Magma forging area, whats the easiest and most efficient way I can pup lava safely to my workshop?

[MehMuffin]

You could build a pump stack with screw pumps or build a magma piston, the screw pumps would require a lot of power. You could also just build your forges near the magma.

Do minecart routes need to terminate next to the stockpile their supplying or taking from, or can I have my dwarves use minecarts for part of the trip, but not all of it? I was thinking of building a minecart shaft next to my central rampway to shorten hauling times, but building a path to any workshops specifically could get complicated and expensive.

[yuy168]

Okay, How can I safely build above the magma sea? should I channel out a certain battern for the building so my dorfs dont fall in and then build away?

[FuzzyZergling]

Okay, How can I safely build above the magma sea? should I channel out a certain battern for the building so my dorfs dont fall in and then build away?

When you place a workshop, you should see two different colors of green; channel out the spots where the darker green impassable tiles would be to prevent things from crawling out of the magma and killing you.

[knutor]

I dig up/down staircases downwards, until I hit warm stones.  After clearing the game pauses, I backpedal upwards, digging rooms around that central 3x3 stairwell, until I no longer hit warm stones.  This is how I find the top of the magma sea. 

Once I find top, I channel around, into it, and then it *poofs* into existence and then the magma workshops become available.  I then safely build a floor right back over the channeled out spot, to prevent magma crabs from infecting my fortress.  By doing this, I prevent magma from flooding the lower levels.

I like to turn those lower levels adjacent the magma sea into a Jail and a Crematorium-Obsidian Farm.  Sincerely, Knutor

[greycat]

When you place a workshop, you should see two different colors of green; channel out the spots where the darker green impassable tiles would be to prevent things from crawling out of the magma and killing you.

You just need one channeled tile per workshop.  Any of the dark green spots will do.

[weenog]

Any way to temporarily turn off mist display (or turn off the mist itself) for a fortress in progress, without taking the water out of the system or stopping it moving?  I want to get some clear screenshots of an artificial waterfall system, but I can't turn it off without spilling it, muddying the surroundings up and and having to refill it later.

[knutor]

@weenog, take a snapshot from within stonesense.

[weenog]

No stonesense.  Anything which doesn't require mods and extensions that may not get along with all setups and operating systems?

[Inglonias]

* Finding any site with bituminous coal or lignite has proven to be very difficult, even with prospecting. It seems that since v.31.xx, these materials have been generated less often. Is there some setting I can use to make worlds that have more of these?

* How deep should I dig for a fortress? I notice that many people will dig very deep down, even starting out.

[Putnam]

Less volcanoes, more coal. I'm pretty sure coal shows up in sedimentary layers.

As deep as you want/feel comfortable with.

[toomanysecrets]

I use standard world gen and set minerals to "frequent" I have heard people complain about using "everywhere" for mineral scarcity, that it doesn't work as you would hope.

Although this is not a universal rule, generally you want to look in low-lying areas, near rivers or streams for coal/sedimentary layers.

Also: you said you were using prospector, just wanted to make sure you knew you could use prospector BEFORE you embark.

I make bedrooms about 12-15 levels down and make the bulk of my fortress above that. You do what you want.

[Inglonias]

I was aware that I can prospect beforehand, but thank you.

[MehMuffin]

My axedorf's equipment is all waiting for him in the forge, and in the (m)ilitary (e)quip screen it shows him as having everything I've made on him, but if I (v)iew his (i)nventory he's only wearing a few pieces of my wonderful steel armor. Is this a bug, or am I setting up his uniform wrong?

[FuzzyZergling]

My axedorf's equipment is all waiting for him in the forge, and in the (m)ilitary (e)quip screen it shows him as having everything I've made on him, but if I (v)iew his (i)nventory he's only wearing a few pieces of my wonderful steel armor. Is this a bug, or am I setting up his uniform wrong?

Try stationing him somewhere and see if he goes to pick up his stuff first.
The checkmarks on the equipment screen mean that they've claimed a piece of equipment, not that they're wearing it.