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[Antalia]

Everything seems fine so far. The blue path is meaningless, it's like that on every route, but the carts should follow the track irregardless.
I set up a track like you did. Stop 1 is set to "guide east immediately when empty of any items" and Stop 2 has the same settings but guides south instead. The dwarfs happily push it to and fro along the tracks.

Does it work for you if you try these settings?

Oh, wow, they followed the track when I changed it to your setup!

Then I changed the settings back to carry items again--and they are still following the track! Excellent! Thanks!

[ryansee]

I would love to make my dwarves a water source inside the fort can someone tell me how?

[Telgin]

There are a number of ways to do this, with the simplest being nothing more than diverting a river by mining out tiles and leading them into your fort.  Be very careful about the order in which you do this, and leave an escape path for your dwarf miner(s).  Also be careful in that water pressure exists: if you try mining into the side of a multiple z-level water source, it can rise up past the level you dig out!

A more proper method is creating a well.  This follows the same basic principle above: you need to get a pool of water inside your fort somewhere.  Then you need to construct the well on the z-level above the water source.  If there is no opening to do this with, you'll need to channel one out ('h' key under designations, I think).  Then I believe all you need is a bucket, construction materials such as stone (might need blocks?), a rope and a dwarf with the Architecture labor enabled.  Be aware that this is notoriously slow to complete.

If you have any specific problems, post that and we might be able to help further.

[☼!!Troll Fur Sock!!☼]

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                                %O <-well
RIVER=================|         ||
      ^aqueduct       |====|  |====| <- a small storage in case of winter
                           |=====|
That's what I use in my forts, just remember to put fortifications in the aqueduct so you won't see zombie gobbos crawling out of the well.
And there is the problem - I always build my forts on the same level as river. If your well is deeper underground than your water source, it will flood your fortress. FUN included. If you want to reduce the pressure, do it like this: (top view)

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O - wall # - floor

^^ RIVER ^^
 O#O
 O#O
 O#O
OO#OO
O#O#O
OO#OO
O#O#O
OO#OO
 O#O
 O#O
VV WELL VV


[ryansee]

The well nearly flooded my fortress.. It was perfect untill the well for some reason flooded the place why?

[FuzzyZergling]

The well nearly flooded my fortress.. It was perfect untill the well for some reason flooded the place why?

Water pressure?
Water will always try to fill all the way up to the same z-level as it's source. So if you're drawing water from a river, either put the well one level above the river, depressurize the water with a diagonal, or make sure you can turn the water off at any time.

[ryansee]

Thing is it was fine UNTIL I made the well.

[FuzzyZergling]

Just building a well shouldn't have any effect on the water under it.

[Xheia]

For wells/reservoirs, I usually move water with buckets. That is, I make a pit activity zone and order it to be filled - i p P f, I think.
Not sure about your flooding issue.


Question of my own:

I'm confused about two overlaps in the stockpile menus:
I don't think I've ever used a "Corpse" stockpile - don't corpses usually just go to refuse? Is there any issue with not having a corpse stockpile? (I think I've never enabled "Corpses" in the year I've been playing DF).
Do clothes go in Finished Goods or Armor, or both? What about metal armor?

[ryansee]

My vampire who I have convicted did not get a sentence. How do I kill him or is there something I can use him for?

[Edmus]

My vampire who I have convicted did not get a sentence. How do I kill him or is there something I can use him for?

One man suicide squad.

[Telgin]

Sticking him in the military and having him permanently on station out front is a good use.  If you really want to just kill him, station him under a drawbridge and pull the lever.

[☼!!Troll Fur Sock!!☼]

I'm confused about two overlaps in the stockpile menus:
I don't think I've ever used a "Corpse" stockpile - don't corpses usually just go to refuse? Is there any issue with not having a corpse stockpile? (I think I've never enabled "Corpses" in the year I've been playing DF).
Do clothes go in Finished Goods or Armor, or both? What about metal armor?

Animal corpses go to refuse, I guess. Gobbos, Treehuggers and Dorfs go to corpse stockpile. But I can be wrong, I use "mixed" stockpiles for butcher's shop.
Clothes should go to armor. Should.

[rhesusmacabre]

I don't think I've ever used a "Corpse" stockpile - don't corpses usually just go to refuse? Is there any issue with not having a corpse stockpile? (I think I've never enabled "Corpses" in the year I've been playing DF).

A corpse stockpile is for dwarves (including caravans and, I think, zombies) and their pets, and any bodyparts thereof. Refuse covers everything else.

It's useful because it reminds you if you haven't correctly buried someone, and it gives a severed limb someplace to go while its owner is still up and about.

[Garath]

I don't think I've ever used a "Corpse" stockpile - don't corpses usually just go to refuse? Is there any issue with not having a corpse stockpile? (I think I've never enabled "Corpses" in the year I've been playing DF).

A corpse stockpile is for dwarves (including caravans and, I think, zombies) and their pets, and any bodyparts thereof. Refuse covers everything else.

It's useful because it reminds you if you haven't correctly buried someone, and it gives a severed limb someplace to go while its owner is still up and about.

"hey, look, my left hand! It's only bones now, gosh, has it been that long since that cave dragon bit it off?"

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