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[wuphonsreach]

Is it possible to build wells on top of each other, drawing from the same shaft?

Yes, it seems to work just fine.  I typically stack 2-3 well rooms on top of each other over my cisterns.

[Aaarrgh!]

Is it possible to build wells on top of each other, drawing from the same shaft?

Yes, it seems to work just fine.  I typically stack 2-3 well rooms on top of each other over my cisterns.

Thanks - I'm drawing from one of my caverns, myself.

[Fortress Calling]

I embarked near a freshwater lake and created a huge fishing zone, however it says 0 for fishing despite me being able to see vermin fish in the lake, why is that? Murky pools work fine though.
The fishing zone is located at a coast while vermin class lungfish are spawning at deeper waters but i don't think that's it.

[Trif]

You need to place the fishing zone on a ground tile next to the lake, not in the water.

[Fortress Calling]

You need to place the fishing zone on a ground tile next to the lake, not in the water.

The fishing zone is located at a coast

I made a huge square zone that encompasses land, water and coast.

[Millyrainbow]

Does coke/charcoal take time to 'cook' in the smelters?
I have over 100 coke bars, but when i go to the stocks menu and view it, it says its still in the smelter, and because of this, i believe that it isnt reading my coke bars as actually there, and thus refuses to let me craft metal weapons and such.

[Fortress Calling]

I have a 2-dwarf crossbow squad whose job says "go to archery practice" but they are just standing in place paralyzed why is that? Oh and before you ask i have quivers, barracks, archery ranges, ammo (250 bolts set to training) and all that jazz.

[Millyrainbow]

Are you sure the bolts that are in their quivers are not Combat Only?

Edit: never mind xD i missed that part.
I think i remember reading up that there may be a min/max limit to the amount of dwarves thats needed for training. Maybe you havent set the training for 2, as its default is 10

[Tirion]

So i was peeking about in the wiki, and came across this. It was one of the recommended ways to explore caverns, but i just cant wrap my mind around it xD The way its put, makes it seem that you would carve fortifications near the edge of the vision, but i dont see how this would keep things out unless you were digging around the outside of the cavern, and fortifying the walls. Am i missing something?

Source of confusion:
Fortifications: as dwarves can see through fortifications, you can carve out a fortification near the edge of the explored area to safely discover more of the cavern. This prevents wildlife and megabeasts from entering your fort, as an added benefit. This method does not work for exploring the magma layers - or rather, it does work, but for a very, very brief time during which there is much fun.

Fortifications act as small windows; while you can see through 'em, the only thing that gets through are projectiles. I'm not sure if the same holds true if the fortification is submerged.

Magma and other liquids can flow through fortifications.

Items and even enemies knocked airborne by bridges can get through fortifications. An animated goblin corpse did it in my fortress just today.

[Millyrainbow]

So i was peeking about in the wiki, and came across this. It was one of the recommended ways to explore caverns, but i just cant wrap my mind around it xD The way its put, makes it seem that you would carve fortifications near the edge of the vision, but i dont see how this would keep things out unless you were digging around the outside of the cavern, and fortifying the walls. Am i missing something?

Source of confusion:
Fortifications: as dwarves can see through fortifications, you can carve out a fortification near the edge of the explored area to safely discover more of the cavern. This prevents wildlife and megabeasts from entering your fort, as an added benefit. This method does not work for exploring the magma layers - or rather, it does work, but for a very, very brief time during which there is much fun.

Fortifications act as small windows; while you can see through 'em, the only thing that gets through are projectiles. I'm not sure if the same holds true if the fortification is submerged.

Magma and other liquids can flow through fortifications.

Items and even enemies knocked airborne by bridges can get through fortifications. An animated goblin corpse did it in my fortress just today.

How tall was the fortification?

[crazysheep]

It doesn't matter how tall the fortification was - airborne units are treated as projectiles and thus behave exactly as crossbow bolts do: they fly through fortifications.

[Fortress Calling]

So i put the archer squad on "no scheduled order" that is they are civilians now and they are practicing archery all around the place, weird.

[FuzzyZergling]

So i put the archer squad on "no scheduled order" that is they are civilians now and they are practicing archery all around the place, weird.

Dwarves in the military will still train when not active, just not as often because they will do civilian jobs.

[Sutremaine]

I have over 100 coke bars, but when i go to the stocks menu and view it, it says its still in the smelter, and because of this, i believe that it isnt reading my coke bars as actually there, and thus refuses to let me craft metal weapons and such.

You could say that it takes time to cook because it takes time for the dwarf to do the job, but once the bars of coke are produced they're ready for use.

1. Do you have a stockpile for coke? If you don't, or it's full, the bars of coke will remain in the smelter building.
2. Are your forges set to take from specific metal stockpiles? When you set a stockpile to give to a workshop, the workshop will start taking only from stockpiles that have been linked to it.
3. What cancellation message do you get if you assign a forging job via the manager?

[Garath]

I have a 2-dwarf crossbow squad whose job says "go to archery practice" but they are just standing in place paralyzed why is that? Oh and before you ask i have quivers, barracks, archery ranges, ammo (250 bolts set to training) and all that jazz.

it's a known bug though it wasn't clear what caused it last I heard. Disabling all their labors and deactivating the squad will make them train as long as bolts are available and they are "idle"

It's also reported to be gone over time