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[hops]

I tend to play Dwarf Fortress on and off, having two weeks of lull and such. I have find that my fortresses tend to not advance very far, as I just kept starting a new one.

The reason for this, is that I have no idea what the things in my older saves do.

So, to you community fortress players and other people who play on unfamiliar forts, how do you ease yourself into the alien save?

[Deepblade]

How do we come back to a fort after we've been gone for so long without tending it? I myself take a few minutes to take stock of what I have again, and also it's a good idea to label levers for just such occasions. Usually after I look around I start to remember what I wanted to do next, or make up something else and figure it out later...when the goblins storm through my bridge that wasn't hooked up.

[Maw]

Simple.

Pull. Every. Lever.

[kingubu]

I play a succession fort with some friends.
I run down the basics just like a new fort.

Make sure there's food and booze and coffins.  Then I check the bedrooms, dining room and the military.  Then check the b-e and b-w menus to see if anything needs to be built.  Make sure I have trade goods and a depot.  Finally look at the defenses, wall, moat, bridges, whatever.

[Sutremaine]

Check the announcements.
Check the combat logs.
Check the military screen, and the inventory of any soldiers.
Check the stocks screen.
Check the Rooms screen.
Locate the trade depot and the food and drink stockpiles.
Pause the game and have a long look around the fortress, probing potential security flaws by checking what materials are available for building there.

[Di]

My forts aren't very big or too mazelike so I don't usually have this problem. Though they tend to have rather low fps by the time so I usually start a new one.
Also, you can control fortress with only z-screen and manager more or less effectively.

[Drazinononda]

I usually just dive in and have FUN. But maybe that's not your style...

[GrimDark_Majyyks]

I make notes and diagrams and write my larger, more time consuming plans down.