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[vorpal+5]

Does any advantage exist for a chain compared to a pen zone? Seems mile the latter is superior in anyway? In older version sometime animals moved from their pen zone, not so anymore, so basically this is like chaining, except you don't need a rope and can revoke (and thus free) the animal from a distance, which is quite handy.

[HD23]

Is there anything I can do to stop dorfs from filling up their own coffins with zombie corpses, when Tower is my neighbor?  Hoping something can be done, normal dorf corpses are not making it into the graves.  Will keep the fort, but won't embark until I find a tip.  Thanks, Knutor

Build coffins but don't make them available for burial. Instead make rooms (tombs) out of them and
assign them to each dorf specificaly. That way the coffins are reserved for those dorfs no matter what.

I do this the moment any immigrants arrive. I assign them coffins before I assign them rooms.

BTW Are your dorfs burying your own zombified dorfs or undead goblin arms and legs?

Does any advantage exist for a chain compared to a pen zone? Seems mile the latter is superior in anyway? In older version sometime animals moved from their pen zone, not so anymore, so basically this is like chaining, except you don't need a rope and can revoke (and thus free) the animal from a distance, which is quite handy.

If an enemy spooks the pastured animal, it will ignore the pasture. Your legendary armoursmith may
hear an animal is out of the pasture and quickly run to return it to the pasture, right toward the ambush or worse.

An alternative is to wall in the pasture. or let the animals feed on cave moss and fungi deep underground.

[Nibble]

I caught two vampires, and I've decided to try turning my 150-dwarf fortress into a vampire colony by contaminating the well water. If all my dwarves are vampires, will they get negative thoughts or become sluggish because they don't have any blood to drink, similar to normal dwarves without alcohol?

[GoldenShadow]

I locked a vampire dwarf in his bedroom for years and he never had a bad thought related to no food or drink.

[MehMuffin]

how do ramps work in terms of rampways in place of stairways? I tried to make several, none of which are working:

Code: (Rampway #1:) [Select]

< - Down Ramp
> - Up Ramp
X - Wall
Z-0
<>>>>
<XXX>
<XXX>
<XXX>
<<<<>
Z-1
><<<<
>XXX<
>XXX<
>XXX<
>>>><


Code: (Ramp #2:) [Select]

Z-0
<<>
<X>
<>>
Z-1
>><
>X<
><<


[Garath]

I don't really understand what your question is. A ramp is a ramp, sloping ground.

[Nil Eyeglazed]

how do ramps work in terms of rampways in place of stairways? I tried to make several, none of which are working:

Ramps need a wall next to them and a floor on top of that wall.

This works:

Code: [Select]


 # _
 _/#

This does not:

Code: [Select]


 # _
 #\_

Does that answer your question?

[vorpal+5]

I'm unsure how I can have my military dwarves without a station/kill order without them 'reverting to <insert civilian job>' messages... and they switch also to the icon of their previous job. I want them to retain the icon of the military they are in. How can I do that?

They also only train if without a station/kill order, so I need to do that from time to time it seems, so they can train.

[MehMuffin]

how do ramps work in terms of rampways in place of stairways? I tried to make several, none of which are working:

Ramps need a wall next to them and a floor on top of that wall.

This works:

Code: [Select]


 # _
 _/#

This does not:

Code: [Select]


 # _
 #\_

Does that answer your question?

Yes, thank you!

[ClawlessVictory]

What exactly happens if, lets say for example, I need a rock throne, but I have no stone workers available to make one, so I just grab a random no talent dwarf and set him to work?  Will it be of poor quality, will he waste materials, will it be built slowly?  What happens?

[Sphalerite]

The rock throne will be built slowly, and be of poor quality, but it will be built.

[NTJedi]

A} What's the difference between the merchants selling:

  1}    -<< bronze buckler >>-

  2}    +<<+ bronze buckler +>>+


I'm uncertain how to even search for such symbols in the forums.

B}   Is there some place which provides a key or explanation to these symbols?

C}   Why are the merchants able to sell items with multiple symbols when our dwarves creating items\weapons\furniture can only provide one symbol?

[Sphalerite]

Quality levels and decorations.

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Item_quality

Your dwarves can produce items with multiple symbols, by encrusting or otherwise decorating them.

[monk12]

A} What's the difference between the merchants selling:

  1}    -<< bronze buckler >>-

  2}    +<<+ bronze buckler +>>+


I'm uncertain how to even search for such symbols in the forums.

B}   Is there some place which provides a key or explanation to these symbols?

C}   Why are the merchants able to sell items with multiple symbols when our dwarves creating items\weapons\furniture can only provide one symbol?

The << >> indicate that the item is decorated. So -<<bronze buckler>>- indicates a bronze buckler with - quality decoration, and a +<<+bronze buckler+>>+ indicates a +bronze buckler+ with + quality decorations. You can view what specifically they are decorated with by viewing the item itself. Decorations make the item much more valuable, if not any more useful. This page is for an older version of DF, and explains the numbers in detail if you are interested- I'm fairly certain the general formula is the same, although the value of individual material multipliers is different in some cases.

You can decorate your items at a forge, craftdwarfs shop, jeweler, or clothier depending on whether you want it to be decorated in metal, bone, jewels, or cloth, respectively. You can decorate multiple times per category, but not multiple times per material (so you can encrust something with a diamond and a ruby, but not 2 rubies, for example.) AFAIK cloth embroidery only works on cloth items like bags and clothing.

EDIT: NINJA!

[DifferentFrogs]

Hi everyone, I have another question - let me just say thanks in advance for the awesome community that responds to desperate pleas like mine. You guys really are awesome, and I would have given up on the game long ago if it weren't for the quick responses on these forums.

My first problem is that I can't get my farms to work. I have 3 dwarves set to farm, and they appear to have plowed most of my plots. I have also made certain that plump helmets are set to be planted in all seasons. But for some reason no planting is occurring, and I received the following message:

"Deruk Onulablel, Fish Cleaner cancels Plant Seeds: Needs plump helmet spawn."

I have plump helmet seeds in my stockpile, and I haven't used any yet as I'm just starting out. Does anyone know how to fix this?


EDIT: Just found a video tutorial; apparently if a plot is hoed that means stuff has been planted. My next question would be how do I tell if those hoed plots are actually producing anything? Will I see plants start to grow?