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[Sutremaine]

Am I understanding the wiki correctly that in semi-wild training state, she will randomly attack/dragonfire my fort? And that she could revert to that state at any time from Trained?

Semi-Wild is a level of training just like Trained and above, and takes about the same level of time to decay to the next stage (fully wild, in this case).

I've found that suitability for the job, as decided by DFHack, makes a lot of difference if you don't have any dwarves with existing skill.

[Yaotzin]

Thanks. I didn't have a trainer so I went with Therapist's best recommendation; seems to be working pretty well. The dragon isn't reverting and it's bonded to the trainer. My architect also adopted it, which led to it going outside and attacking a goblin thief...that was unfortunate...big fire, lots of artifacts that aren't going out..Will flooding them work? And to permanently get rid of the flammable grass (I have a castle style topside area) are floors my best option? I tried paved roads but I can't build over them, which I'd like to do. Going to need lots of obsidian blocks if so!

[Ianflow]

So I'm curious, I put two of the prisoners I had in a cage
How do I disarm them, as it won't let me look at their equips. Should I just chain them up somewhere?

[BlackFlyme]

So I'm curious, I put two of the prisoners I had in a cage
How do I disarm them, as it won't let me look at their equips. Should I just chain them up somewhere?

You could chain them up. An alternative is to use the mass-dump designation (press d-b-d, I believe), then use it over their cages. Everything inside the cage will be marked for dumping. Not the goblin though. Creatures inside will not be marked for dumping, since only items can be marked for dumping.

Be sure to un-designate the cage itself, so that it isn't brought to your garbage dump. If it is accidentally brought to the dump, just un-forbid it. Dumping the cage won't let the goblin out.

E: Forgot to mention, make sure to use the claim designation over the cage too. Items brought by outsiders are forbidden by default, and won't be dumped unless you un-forbid them.

[BackwardsCup]

Totally new to Dwarf Fortress here. Among the many problems I've come across, only one is significant. (at least as far as surviving is concerned.)

I'm running quite low on alcohol. I've built a still, and have a plot growing plump helmets. I currently have plenty of plump helmets, and they  are shown as brewable in the kitchen menu. However, every time I try to brew a drink the task is immediately canceled, stating I have no brewable items. Please help, thanks!

[WoobMonkey]

Usually, these questions turn out to be pathing issues. 

So, to start the troubleshooting:

Do your dwarfs have a valid path from the still to the stockpile your plump helmets are stored in?  Check that all stairs are properly formed, that the still is not blocked, that no ramps have been removed, etc.;

Have you forbidden the plump helmets?  Sometimes, when mass forbidding items (via d-b-f), players unintentionally cover important items;

Are the plump helmets in transit or in use already?  If they have 'TSK' beside their descriptions when you hover your {k} cursor over them, they're otherwise in use.  This often happens when they're stored in a barrel, which is in transit to pick up/harvest more of them;

Are dwarfs already eating them?  This is a subset of the point above - if a hungry dwarf has already marked a plump helmet for eating, it is unavailable for brewing;

Have they finished growing?  If all of your plump helmets are still unripe, your brewer cannot use them.

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This is the layout of the still.  The capital X is an impassable tile; if the only access point you've left for your still is through that square, no dwarf can get into/out of the still to collect and brew anything.  If you've built walls around your still, try removing one or more to allow access through any of the other 8 tiles.

If none of these questions narrows down the issue, please provide more information.  Screenshots are especially helpful.

[Garath]

Thanks. I didn't have a trainer so I went with Therapist's best recommendation; seems to be working pretty well. The dragon isn't reverting and it's bonded to the trainer. My architect also adopted it, which led to it going outside and attacking a goblin thief...that was unfortunate...big fire, lots of artifacts that aren't going out..Will flooding them work? And to permanently get rid of the flammable grass (I have a castle style topside area) are floors my best option? I tried paved roads but I can't build over them, which I'd like to do. Going to need lots of obsidian blocks if so!

Building roads may work better for large areas. It requires an architect, but only a third as much materials

Anyway, that's why I generally advice against taming dragons. They have a bad habbit of incinerating everything including their trainer or 'owner'. I havn't managed to really effectively use a dragon for defence without massive damage on my side too, without going through a lot of effort just for one dragon. A thing to remember is that it is probably useless in a melee unless it is one of the rare older dragons. Most dragons tend to be a bit younger and quite small.

[Uruth Kranon]

I got a question. I am trying to get my Fort up and running and realized that amongst the traditional deciduous trees I have a smattering of Feather Trees. I am rather excited to get the stockpile next to my workshop to carry only feather wood so my barrels and bins can weigh next to nothing. Unfortunately feather wood is not on the list of wood types that I can allow in the stockpile list. Besides only cutting feather trees as I need them, which is what I will probably do, I am wondering if feather trees are covered under one of the other wood categories in the stockpile settings screen.

Cheers!

P.S. It is rather distressing that I cannot assign what kind of wood to use in the manager screen in the same way I can assign what kind of metal.

[BlackFlyme]

I got a question. I am trying to get my Fort up and running and realized that amongst the traditional deciduous trees I have a smattering of Feather Trees. I am rather excited to get the stockpile next to my workshop to carry only feather wood so my barrels and bins can weigh next to nothing. Unfortunately feather wood is not on the list of wood types that I can allow in the stockpile list. Besides only cutting feather trees as I need them, which is what I will probably do, I am wondering if feather trees are covered under one of the other wood categories in the stockpile settings screen.

Cheers!

P.S. It is rather distressing that I cannot assign what kind of wood to use in the manager screen in the same way I can assign what kind of metal.

The only stockpile that lets you choose specific types of wood is the wood stockpile. Feather wood is in the list, and is listed as Feather Tree.

It's a shame that you can't choose wood-types in the manager menu, but you can control it using stockpile links. Just have a feather wood only stockpile linked to a single craftsman workshop right next to it.

[WhimsyWink]

I got a question. I am trying to get my Fort up and running and realized that amongst the traditional deciduous trees I have a smattering of Feather Trees. I am rather excited to get the stockpile next to my workshop to carry only feather wood so my barrels and bins can weigh next to nothing. Unfortunately feather wood is not on the list of wood types that I can allow in the stockpile list. Besides only cutting feather trees as I need them, which is what I will probably do, I am wondering if feather trees are covered under one of the other wood categories in the stockpile settings screen.

Cheers!

P.S. It is rather distressing that I cannot assign what kind of wood to use in the manager screen in the same way I can assign what kind of metal.

there may be easier ways: I would dump all the feather wood to a tile closer to the carpenter than the wood stockpile.  then un forbid them when ready to make your containers

[Yaotzin]

Easiest way is to use DFHack's job alteration ability to choose what wood type it uses. Select the job in the workshop and hit alt-A. That plus workflow are lifesavers in ensuring your fort makes the right type of goods you want.

I usually set up a workflow restraint + job to make a bunch of masterful feather wood beds, for example. My preferred look for beds, and I like to spoil my dorfs.

[smjjames]

If I put a bunch of statues in a meeting zone, will the dwarves admire them or do I have to make it a statue garden?

[Urist McRas]

They will admire them even without garden.

[WanderingKid]

Anyone know of a way to find a particular stockpile?

I thought I'd removed stockpiles #71 and 72, but they're creating orders for barreled seeds and I can't seem to locate the little buggers, so apparently not.  I've got DFHack and I'm not afraid to use it as a VERY large hammer in cases like this, so if there's a way there...

[Trif]

Anyone know of a way to find a particular stockpile?

I thought I'd removed stockpiles #71 and 72, but they're creating orders for barreled seeds and I can't seem to locate the little buggers, so apparently not.  I've got DFHack and I'm not afraid to use it as a VERY large hammer in cases like this, so if there's a way there...

Check the (R)ooms menu, scroll upwards because stockpiles are towards the end of the list, find your stockpile and zoom to building items with (t).