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[NJW2000]

Actually, wiki says only animals, but some stuff not even in game e.g. iguanas.

[CometStrike]

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Iīve ordered some "copper chains" to be forged. I have 3 forges, an ample supply of fuel and copper and at least 2 dwarves each with furnace operating, armoring, weaponsmithing, blacksmithing and metalcrafting active (according to the wiki, metalcrafting seems to be the correct job). The forge does not have a specific profile, no burrow is active and all other jobs before were performed as expected. Jobs at the other forges are performed normally. A few electrum crafts were also made earlier. However, no one ever makes those chains. What else could I check to find out why this is the case? Apparently, one just has to rant long enough and finally UristMcSlow decides the wait has been long enough and starts with the chains.

[Albedo]

Chains are made by a metal-crafter, as are most small trinkets and "tools". (Blacksmithing makes most furniture (not chains, nor animal traps). "Metalsmith" is a profession, not a labor/skill.)

Iīve ordered some "copper chains" to be forged.

You "ordered" this at the forge itself, not thru the Manager, right? (If the latter, then it may take some time for him to organize things if you have a very busy fort). 

Most other labors turned off for the smiths in question.

Make sure you didn't somehow [f]orbid the stone/block that the forge was built with.

Sometimes the job gets lost (for lack of a better term) - try re-inputing a new "make chain" order, and hitting [n] to jump it to the top of the queue.

[SiO2win]

Alligator have killed my useless fisherdwarf and legendary clothmaker. Their corpses lay on the bottom of a huge cavern murky pull. I have engraved the names of the heroes, but anyway, I want to bury them properly. Is there any way to do it not too complicated? Seems due to tree crown, screw pump does not work close to the corpses. Also I do not want to dry the whole pull out.

[Albedo]

You need to get the water down to no deeper than a mix of 3/7 and 4/7 to even have a chance to recover them with dwarfs. (You can toggle how you view liquids - somewhere, forget how. But easy w/ DFHack - twaterlvl.)

If it's a murky pool, you could drain it and then patch the drain (with floor) and then refill it - it might even be better than "murky" after you're done!

If the pool is filling from off-map - a LOT tougher.

Seems due to tree crown, screw pump does not work close to the corpses.

Not sure what you mean here. Screw pumps are not affected by items (like corpses).

[SiO2win]

Not sure what you mean here. Screw pumps are not affected by items (like corpses).

Its not an item. Cave underwater trees generate few "brunches" levels above a water surface. It allows to walk over it and also blocks any water related activity like fishing, or pumping. I have choped the tree. Sure the price was a dwarf woodcutter sacrifice to the Drowned God.

If it's a murky pool, you could drain it and then patch the drain (with floor) and then refill it - it might even be better than "murky" after you're done!

If the pool is filling from off-map - a LOT tougher.

Yeah, seems only magma have a chance to do it safe.

[CometStrike]

In the last 3 migration waves I saw that the babies coming along were puking all the way into the fortress. Their health screen didnīt show anything amiss and I didnīt see them being treated while in the fortress. What could be the reason for this? And does it have any consequence other than 3 trails of vomit leading from the entrance of my fortress to different edges of the map?

[NJW2000]

They could just be normal, non-psychotic/emotionless/hyperintelligent puking babies. But this is DF, so we can probably safely ignore that option.

Consequences? None, except that the toads will visit you.

[SiO2win]

Ok, I have tried to isolate deadly part of my cave pull by a constructed walls cave in. When I send the miner to dig out an unused rump around a cap of tower-cap, it apparently happened... No the walls were still floating in the air. The mushroom-tree, had crashed down. Does all the mushroom-trees sticked to the ceiling?

[NJW2000]

I get this, only like 1 log from mushrooms... I think it's a thing, but I'm not sure...

[NJW2000]

Double post, as I have a question: if I designate a corpses stockpile on top of a FB corpse, will I be able to order it butchered from anywhere?

[taptap]

I have a minecart magma loading facility that works perfectly when pushing minecarts in a 2-tile straight track ramp pit (with 7 magma) ... now I have tried many variations to gain similar speed starting from a minecart going at just below 50k, but to no avail. Even if arguably slower than a pushed one, it does not take magma. What happens here?

[CometStrike]

In my most recent wave of migrants two dwarves are reported to have lost their vision by Dwarf Therapist. However, neither in the wounds screen of those dwarves nor in the health screen anything hinting to impaired vision can be found. Also, they go about their jobs without any issue as far as I can tell until now. Is this a possible bug in DT or does it know more than is shown in the game?
Somehow related: can I somehow look up the "health record" of all dwarves (i.e. when was a diagnosis ordered and done, what was found, what was done)?

edit: Iīve just noticed that Iīve designated one of the possibly blind dwarves mining duty and this is not carried out. So DT may be right. But why is there no sign of this ingame?

[Arx]

The 'History' screen in the medical section thing should do that.

[CometStrike]

Hm, I donīt have a history screen there, does that mean that there is no history as of yet (I currently donīt have a save where I could look this up with definately injured dwarves) ?
Also, how would I have been able to find out about the loss of vision without Dwarf Therapist?

edit: hm, now that Iīve reloaded, DT stopped showing the vision loss. Iīll try to get them to do some real work that they didnīt do last time
edit2: they now go about mining, doing mechanics and cooking, so I guess they are healthy. Must have been a bug in DT, then...