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[WhimsyWink]

I usually disassemble part of the power train.  Is someone here saying I can link an on/off lever on a gear?

[Larix]

Yes, gears can be linked to levers - it's under "a", "link to a gear assembly". Switching the lever switches the gear assembly between engaged (transports/consumes power) and disengaged (doesn't).
The windmill must be supported by a solid building, so you cannot build it directly over a gear you wish to use for switching:

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Gg%.
.#%#
.#x#
Windmill stands on gear G, the one next to it - "g" can be switched from the lever. If it's engaged, it will transmit power to the pump %% (pumping from north to south), if not, the pump turns off. The downside is that this already uses up the 20 power a windmill will provide in most biomes, so you have no power left over for axles or the like.

There are other options available: you could instead put a floodgate, door or raisable bridge in spot "x", the pump output. If that grid is blocked, the pump can no longer move liquid. Alternatively, you could place a lever-linked hatch cover over the tile the pump is pulling liquid from - if that hatch is closed, the pump cannot acquire liquid to move. In either case you can put the windmill directly on top of the pump; the pump itself can be active permanently.

And you can switch the pump by load - place the mill directly over the pump and attach enough switchable machinery to the pump that it will draw more power than the windmill can provide when the gears are engaged:

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.%%g
#%%#
#..#
Two pumps side by side, windmill on top of one of the pumps. If the mill provides 20 power, that's just enough for two pumps, so when gear 'g' is engaged, load increases to 25 and the machine stops.

To halt a pump that's already installed without any switch-off machinery, you'll have to demolish the windmill, power train or pump if at all accessible. Or install some doors in the area that's about to get flooded and lock them. In some cases, you might have ways to stop liquid from reaching the pump intake. If you're unlucky, none of those options are available, which could mean you'll have to evacuate and re-build.

[WhimsyWink]

Two pumps side by side, windmill on top of one of the pumps. If the mill provides 20 power, that's just enough for two pumps, so when gear 'g' is engaged, load increases to 25 and the machine stops.

I'm loving this solution.  I'm going to put it in my notes as "break the camel's back"

[Kirkegaard]

What is wrong with:

xxWxx
xxAxx
xxGxx

W = Windmill, A is axle (powered), g = gear. The gear is not powered.
If I place the screw same place as the gear it works.

[Garath]

well, a windmill delivers power downwards, so you'd need to either make it on top of the pump or on a gear to change the axle direction. This means that the whole construction rests on the gear, which supports the windmill and any axles above it. The problem is that throwing the switch to 'deactivate' the gears stops the gears from supporting anything, making the whole thing collapse. You'd need to transfer power horizontally at some point to make deactivating a gearbox safe, which is not energy efficient.

as to:

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.

most likely with the axles, you still have a floor between the different z-levels.

[Kirkegaard]

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.

most likely with the axles, you still have a floor between the different z-levels.

You are right, it works now!

Thank you!

[WoobMonkey]

Hey everyone! 

Does anyone out there know where I can find a list of reasons why dwarfs like certain objects, materials, and animals?  To me, these are the absolute funniest bits of the game as a whole - learning that dorfs like keas 'for their inquisitive nature' makes me laugh, especially when that inquisitive nature is so often crippling to my early forts!

So, yeah - is there such a list in the data files somewhere?  I checked the wiki for info, but despite there being a comprehensive, descriptive list of every material, as well as a solid explanation of the mechanics of dwarfen moods as a function of preferences, there seems to be nearly nothing on the in-game reasons for those preferences.  Except for liking 'Cows for their loud moos' <giggle>.

Help?

[nickbii]

Hey everyone! 

Does anyone out there know where I can find a list of reasons why dwarfs like certain objects, materials, and animals?  To me, these are the absolute funniest bits of the game as a whole - learning that dorfs like keas 'for their inquisitive nature' makes me laugh, especially when that inquisitive nature is so often crippling to my early forts!

So, yeah - is there such a list in the data files somewhere?  I checked the wiki for info, but despite there being a comprehensive, descriptive list of every material, as well as a solid explanation of the mechanics of dwarfen moods as a function of preferences, there seems to be nearly nothing on the in-game reasons for those preferences.  Except for liking 'Cows for their loud moos' <giggle>.

Help?

There's not a single list.

Each animal entry has a section of prefstrings. You can see them on the wiki if you click the "raw" section that's usually hidden. Capybara's prefstrings are: enormous rodentness, graceful swimming, and resonant barking. Just click the raw section of this page to see for yourself:

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

[WoobMonkey]

Thank you for that.

[Laurin]

Cows are of course likeable for their haunting moos. 

[Kirkegaard]

I have more stupid questions.

Do different task that use buckets/barrels/others make them disappear or do they go back in the stockpile when used? For instance lye/ash/soap industry.

[Farmerbob]

I have more stupid questions.

Do different task that use buckets/barrels/others make them disappear or do they go back in the stockpile when used? For instance lye/ash/soap industry.

Creating workshops with buckets or barrels use them up (until you destruct the workshop)
But as far as I am aware no job destroys them.

While they are in use for milking, giving water to wounded or pets, lye making, etc, they might cause lots of cancellation messages from your dwarves. if you don't have extras around.

[Farmerbob]

Hmmm.  Do building destroyers go after windmills?

*wanders off muttering about weaponizing windmills, and how potentially anti-Quixotic it might be

[Finn]

Hmmm.  Do building destroyers go after windmills?

*wanders off muttering about weaponizing windmills, and how potentially anti-Quixotic it might be

Yes, but you can build your windmill on top of a platform and then remove the stairs.

[WhimsyWink]

I have more stupid questions.

Do different task that use buckets/barrels/others make them disappear or do they go back in the stockpile when used? For instance lye/ash/soap industry.

the other piece of this is that they may  leave a water bucket sitting just anywhere