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[ptb_ptb]

I have had a spate of dwarves die from dehydration - right in the middle of a hallway surrounded by wells with access to fresh water and 1000's of barrels of alcohol. Any ideas as to what this is?

Burrows maybe? There's a bug involving burrows and dwarves that are stressed.
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1034

[grady]

Burrows maybe? There's a bug involving burrows and dwarves that are stressed.
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=1034

Hmm... I haven't set up burrows, but this error may be similar. The Dwarves had a party that lasted FOREVER, and ironically, the ones that died may have failed to check to drink while at the party. The opposite of my real-life problem at parties. Thanks for the insight.

[smeeprocket]

dwarves drink so much day to day that at parties they prefer to let loose and get thoroughly sober.

[Badger Storm]

Ever since I put miners in a squad, assigned them their picks as weapons, then took them back out of the squad, they have steadfastly refused to do their job.  How do I get them to pick up their picks again?

[pisskop]

their picks may still be reserved for fighting.  May need to forbid/unforbid them or even make new ones.  Definitely dont assign them weapons again without backups in reserve.

In this version, civilians dont seem too shy about killing critters that look at them sideways.  Assign them the armor and let them choose to go postal on a rutherer with their pick.

[Badger Storm]

Well, said weapons are now in a bin, though being out of said bin didn't help matters at all.  I'd gladly make new ones but for the lack of weapons-grade metal.  Guess I have to wait and hope the autumn caravan brings some...

EDIT: nvm, figured it out.

[Zorromorph]

They're tweaked to my monitor settings, so I'm not sure how good it looks on anyone else's. Both blues and grays are shifted for clarity and distinctness.

A lot better than what I was using.  I made the standard blue and red a little lighter, and I can read everything now comfortably.  Thanks!

[taptap]

Is there a simple(r) way?

Aquifers and refilling water caverns.

A question myself:

Has anyone experimented with spider based vermin control? (via webs)

Another question:

When tapping an aquifer from below, does it flood as soon as I break the floor to an aquifer tile above or as soon as I expose the tile below without breaking the floor?

[smeeprocket]

how do I get dwarves to move things from the trade depot to my stockpiles? They always seem to just let stuff sit there and the depot is outside of my safety burrow, so I need that stuff in my stockpiles.

[WanderingKid]

When tapping an aquifer from below, does it flood as soon as I break the floor to an aquifer tile above or as soon as I expose the tile below without breaking the floor?

As soon as you expose the tile below the aquifer, you get water.

[pisskop]

When tapping an aquifer from below, does it flood as soon as I break the floor to an aquifer tile above or as soon as I expose the tile below without breaking the floor?

As soon as you expose the tile below the aquifer, you get water.

Yup, best set up protection before you pierce it

[taptap]

Working on a (safe) magmadump setup with no need for me to give commands for levers. How fast have I to open and close a hatch cover (on top of a 1 tile magma dump) to avoid repathing by other dwarves on the way? Is there a mechanical solution fast enough so it does not end in cancellation spam? Would a larger dump zone with multiple hatch covers work better (so dwarves can path to another one, when one is open)?

[Loci]

Working on a (safe) magmadump setup with no need for me to give commands for levers. How fast have I to open and close a hatch cover (on top of a 1 tile magma dump) to avoid repathing by other dwarves on the way? Is there a mechanical solution fast enough so it does not end in cancellation spam? Would a larger dump zone with multiple hatch covers work better (so dwarves can path to another one, when one is open)?

Well, assuming you're talking about a magma garbage disposal, by far the easiest way would be to place the dump zone several z-levels above the magma. Dwarves will automatically toss dumped items down a pit next to a dump zone, and a quantum-stockpile-minecart can be set up to automatically dump refuse in the pit as well. If you add a hatch down inside the pit it shouldn't affect pathing at all.

[drh]

Any idea why my military dwarves won't perform any civilian tasks? They're set to operate pumps (it's their only labor, and they're the only ones set to Operate Pump), but simply stand in the danger room I built and refuse to do anything except eat and drink.

EDIT: In fact, appointing my Militia Commander as manager in order to cross-train Organizer doesn't work, because he explicitly doesn't recognize the office I set for him.

EDIT: And, interestingly, my war dogs don't seem to fight at all...

[Bumber]

Any idea why my military dwarves won't perform any civilian tasks? They're set to operate pumps (it's their only labor, and they're the only ones set to Operate Pump), but simply stand in the danger room I built and refuse to do anything except eat and drink.

Are they active or inactive? They won't do jobs while on active duty.