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[Garath]

through the bookkeeper isn't the only way to do that :p

are you playing vanilla?

It isn't? >.> And yes, I am. Or at least, I assume the Lazy Newb Pack is vanilla.

(d)(b)(f), or looking into a shop or on a tile and forbidding are at least 2 I can think of.

In any case, your biggest problem is that your bowyer and gemcrafters have blocked themself in their workshops. The grey tiles are impassable and in front of the door. One is already dead from dehydration, for some time by the look of it.

most of your spam comes from this bowyer and gemcrafter, some from people trying to give poor Ral Solonodad a proper burial and steal his socks, most of the rest is from your farmers due to the previously mentioned problem with people grabbing whole barrels to collect a few seeds

edit:
Ral is haunting your farms on the moment of the save

[Blue_Dwarf]

Guess it is savegame time, then.
http://members.ziggo.nl/t.vandenadel/region1.rar

You locked the dwarves in the workshops, by building the workshops in 3x3 rooms. Workshops have impassable tiles, and in your case they block the doorway.

See the Jeweler's workshop, it has a wall of 3 impassable Xes on the right.

edit: ninja'd

[Tsugumi Henduluin]

... Right. That's what I get for not playing for a year. :p I also blame the tileset I use as the colors are virtually identical and I quite frankly did not even notice a difference until you pointed it out. Maybe I should try another one...

Problem solved, thanks a whole bunch. Much love <3

[Garath]

for some tilesets the unpassable tiles are hard to see. In vanilla (graphic modifications are mods too) the passable ones are a bright green X when you select their placement and the impassable ones dark green X

[Vndetta]

... Right. That's what I get for not playing for a year. :p I also blame the tileset I use as the colors are virtually identical and I quite frankly did not even notice a difference until you pointed it out. Maybe I should try another one...

Aww man, that sucks! But so glad it got figured out. I keep my gamma/brightness way up when playing DF for just that reason, I can't see the difference with graphics sets at all.

[Finn]

How many bolts of cloth fit in a bin?

How many skeins of thread fit in a bin?

Can these numbers be deduced from the raws?  If so, what would I look for?

Thank you!

Edit:  The wiki page for "container" lists the "solid capacity" for various containers.  This must be a clue!

[Sabretache]

Hi, I have recently got back into Dwarf Fortress and I was wondering if i could have some tips / help.
Pretty much in every fortress so far I start off with a reasonably well structure workforce with nearly no idlers; however, a few migrant waves later I have 30+ idlers minimum and can not properly organize everyone's jobs. I do use Dwarf Therapist and know about custom professions as well as grouping dwarves into 'classes' (Haulers, farmers, cooks, etc...) but it doesn't seem to do much.

If anyone can share their experiences on Dwarven Labour Management and also maybe about how to create autonomous industries, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Garath]

don't worry, as your fortress expands and you expand the various tasks that are being performed, you'll have fewer idlers. Second thing is to disable hauling from important job guys so an idler will come in to grab a finished product and the master crafter keeps on crafting.
Alternatively, put them in the military

I usually had 50 dwarfs woring, the rest idle. Idlers are no fault of yours and will not cause major damage to the fort... relax, serious. Just play as normal. If you don't need them to work, so what? at some point you'll need them.

Though you might want to turn down the pop_cap to prevent another 150 comming in

I'm pretty sure the thread 'migrants', still on the front page as I look, has some suggestions too

[LordBaal]

Really, relax my friend. You are running a dwarf fortress, not a labor camp. Don't worry, it's normal to have such numbers depending on both the population of the fort and the number of workshops and jobs you have. There are also things as morale in there, but basically is only that. Don't worry.

[Edmus]

Make a garbage tile and dump a few hundred stone, problem temporarily (and pointlessly) solved.

[Garath]

after all, after you secured food, drink and clothing, you can just pull up the drawbridge (no need to trade or let more migrants in)and sit and wait for everyone to die of old age. Everything you do after is "because I can"

[i2amroy]

Really, relax my friend. You are running a dwarf fortress, not a labor camp. Don't worry, it's normal to have such numbers depending on both the population of the fort and the number of workshops and jobs you have. There are also things as morale in there, but basically is only that. Don't worry.

This a little bit. As fortress numbers rise it is natural to have more idlers. I mean if someone is a skilled metalsmith there are obviously going to be times when you don't need any weapons/armor and aren't preparing more. Something that I have found helps dwarves be a little more productive is to set up some "dwarven exercise machines" though. Basically what you do is build some screw pumps in a room somewhere, set them all to be pumped manually, and then enable pump operating on any dwarves that aren't too important (I enable it on all of my hauler and a few of the other less useful dwarves). The dwarves will then spend their free time pumping (even though no liquid is there) which not only provides a direct reduction in the number of idlers, but it also helps to build the strength and toughness of your dwarves. Over time it can even work to change all of your haulers red, allowing for potential distinguishing between haulers and more useful dwarves at a simple glance.

[Sutremaine]

How many dwarves can use a well at once? Is a well 'claimed' from the moment a dwarf decides to use it, like tasked items are?

[gestahl]

I've been stationing them back and forth between the firing range and the ammo stockpile. It works, but I was hoping there was a way to have them keep reloading until the there's nothing left to shoot at.

The FB thing sounds like a good idea actually, I'll wait for one unknown syndromes.

So I moved things around a bit and now that the shooting gallery is actually a gallery (marksdwarves are a z-level above target) they will reload when out of ammo. I might put them on a bridge over the pit since getting them actually up next to the fortifications is a pain.
Also

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[FuzzyZergling]

How many dwarves can use a well at once? Is a well 'claimed' from the moment a dwarf decides to use it, like tasked items are?

One at a time, unless I'm mistaken.