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[Garath]

It's worth noting that melancholic and raving dwarves will still respect burrow orders. I don't believe berserk dwarves will, though.

they effectively leave your fort the moment they go berserk and become an enemy, so that's no big surprise

[smjjames]

they effectively leave your fort the moment they go berserk and become an enemy, so that's no big surprise

He's melancholy, not berserk. If he were berserk, I wouldn't be asking about the vampire dwarf gone insane.

[Garath]

right, now how do I delete this message?

In any case, I was just replying to the post before that one.

Next question!

[WhimsyWink]

does higher quality 'craftsdwarfship' in a weapon increase its lethality?

more specifically:
is there more actual danger in a danger room from well crafted training spears?

[Telgin]

I believe quality level only affects the likelihood that a weapon will hit its mark.  If that is true, quality level shouldn't affect the lethality of a danger room since you'd want armor that would render the attacks harmless anyway.

[BlackFlyme]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Quality

As mentioned, higher quality weapons will increase the likelihood to hit. Just make sure that your dwarves wear a helmet. Though even high quality spears shouldn't be a large risk, since training weapons have a massive contact area. If you have access to feather wood, make the spears from that, and set the workshop profile to only accept low-skilled workers.

[WhimsyWink]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Quality

As mentioned, higher quality weapons will increase the likelihood to hit. Just make sure that your dwarves wear a helmet. Though even high quality spears shouldn't be a large risk, since training weapons have a massive contact area. If you have access to feather wood, make the spears from that, and set the workshop profile to only accept low-skilled workers.

thanks
I was under impression workshop profile settings were for the selected level OR HIGHER

[BlackFlyme]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Quality

As mentioned, higher quality weapons will increase the likelihood to hit. Just make sure that your dwarves wear a helmet. Though even high quality spears shouldn't be a large risk, since training weapons have a massive contact area. If you have access to feather wood, make the spears from that, and set the workshop profile to only accept low-skilled workers.

thanks
I was under impression workshop profile settings were for the selected level OR HIGHER

Profiles let you set the range of skill levels that are allowed to use the workshop, by setting minimum and maximum levels. You can also set them so that only certain dwarves can use them, but I can't think of a purpose for that other than for role-playing.

[smjjames]

Questions regarding undead sieges:

1. If necromancers usually show up along with the undead siege, how come I'm not seeing any with the last two (considering the fact that I can see them using DFhacks slayrace)? I captured most of the necromancers and killed a few, but there is one that is unaccounted for, the grand master so to speak.

2. If in theory I had captured or killed all the necromancers, would the undead sieges still come?

Probably need to increase exported wealth or something because the FBs, werebeasts, etc haven't been real active and the sieges aren't frequent.

Also, I'm not in a or near an evil biome, this worldgen actually doesn't have any.

[Sutremaine]

2. If in theory I had captured or killed all the necromancers, would the undead sieges still come?

Yes, but possibly far less frequently.

[Larix]

Profiles let you set the range of skill levels that are allowed to use the workshop, by setting minimum and maximum levels. You can also set them so that only certain dwarves can use them, but I can't think of a purpose for that other than for role-playing.

Role-playing is a damn fine reason for individual profiles in my book.

If you have few dwarfs, restricting a workshop to the single dwarf with the best skill is easier and more reliable than ratcheting up the skill limit to their rank. A skill that's gone "rusty" or worse will usually be treated as "dabbling" by workshop profiles, which can mess up workshops only used very irregularly. Personal profiles tend to get unfeasible once you go over 70 dwarfs, though.

[greycat]

Profiles let you set the range of skill levels that are allowed to use the workshop, by setting minimum and maximum levels. You can also set them so that only certain dwarves can use them, but I can't think of a purpose for that other than for role-playing.

The first purpose that comes to my mind is training a specific dwarf's skill level.  You might want him to gain a particular skill in case of a future mood, or for attribute training, or simply to develop him into a legendary worker.

[Kirkegaard]

Hey,

I'm learning to use mechanics and have succeeded in linking a windmill to a screw pump, and it is now pumping water like an insane.

How can I make a on-off switch?

[Niccolo]

Hey,

I'm learning to use mechanics and have succeeded in linking a windmill to a screw pump, and it is now pumping water like an insane.

How can I make a on-off switch?

With gears. You can connect them to a lever. It's, uh, generally adviseable to do that part before connecting up the power.

[Kirkegaard]

Hey,

I'm learning to use mechanics and have succeeded in linking a windmill to a screw pump, and it is now pumping water like an insane.

How can I make a on-off switch?

With gears. You can connect them to a lever. It's, uh, generally adviseable to do that part before connecting up the power.

So windmill - axle - gear - axle - screw pump?

edit: I can't really get the grip of this. The gear is not getting powered, and if I try for instance to vertical axles on top of each other the bottom one does not get powered.