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[Meistermoxx]

My manager has contracted a weaver mood, but i have no string or tread, and the merchants just left.
Can i save him without cheating somehow? I savescummed back to before he went beserk, so i guess he will go beserk again.

Or can i save him with dfhack or something? Maybe change the mood to making something else.

[darklord92]

depends on the thread, does he need silk yarn or cloth?

if he needs silk: burrow like hell to a cave and collect some

if he needs plant thread: hope those pigtails grow fast this season

if he needs yarn: shear what you hve your bound to get enough if you have a decent stock of yaks or alpacas etc.

[darklord92]

Ignore double post.

[Meistermoxx]

Hes secretive, how do i get him to state his needs?

[darklord92]

If he's secretive he won't show it in game as it's meant to be a guess to the player, though if your open to cheating showmood in df hack will show exactly what you need to give him.

[Berossus]

If the merchants "just" left, crossbow them and take their stuff.

[darklord92]

if they are still in the depo you can just dismantle it and it will also give you the stuff that's not loaded on the cart, eh, legit or cheat your choice dear.

[Nuoya]

You can use reveal to see if there's any harvestable pig tails in a cavern, and then spin the thread. You can dig to cavern to collect silk thread. If he wants animal wool you need a valid animal. Might just have to wall the guy off~

[Meistermoxx]

Can i use dfhack to make him sane after hes gone insane?

[Xob Ludosmbax]

Can i use dfhack to make him sane after hes gone insane?

Yes.

Another possibility is to keep forbidding items on him so he's constantly moving around.  It'll keep him sane, but requires a lot of micromanagement.  However, if you do it for too long, he may instantly starve/dehydrate after you finally get whatever it is you need.

[Bloodyharbinger]

If the traders are still on the screen, create a hospital and put a chest in it. Due to a bug, all dwarfs will begin collecting thread and cloth from everywhere possible, this includes caravans. After you have enough in your chest, remove it and all the cloth and thread will spill out.

[Meistermoxx]

If the traders are still on the screen, create a hospital and put a chest in it. Due to a bug, all dwarfs will begin collecting thread and cloth from everywhere possible, this includes caravans. After you have enough in your chest, remove it and all the cloth and thread will spill out.

Like compagnies in real life, stealing without stealing.

[Mr S]

You see, we take these defeciets in this revenue, and reassign them as assets to our fincancials department.  All of a sudden, we're worth Billions!!!

[GreatWyrmGold]

FYI, all moods with thread fail to tell you what kind they need. Just do everything you can to get every cloth you can, delay the dwarf, and prepare for the worst.