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[Loci]

will dwarves intentionally avoid the other webbed traps when retrieving captured creatures

No.

or will they just bundle in and get trapped? (I presume that webbed cage traps are triggered by my own dwarves as well)

Yes.

[pisskop]

will dwarves intentionally avoid the other webbed traps when retrieving captured creatures

No.

or will they just bundle in and get trapped? (I presume that webbed cage traps are triggered by my own dwarves as well)

Yes.

Traffic orders and other  means of keeping critters out of trapped hallways.  Like doors that dont let pets in.

[Loci]

Traffic orders and other  means of keeping critters out of trapped hallways.  Like doors that dont let pets in.

Traffic orders don't tell your dwarves where not to go; they only adjust the pathfinding "weight" of going there. Create a 2-tile wide hallway, designate one side as "restricted", send two dwarves down the hallway from opposite ends, and one will step on a "restricted" tile.

And pet-impassible doors kill FPS due to an outstanding bug.



Here's a layout I've used before. The door (bottom right) is normally locked, but gets unlocked to lure in targets like forgotten beasts. The bridge (top right) is normally raised, but gets lowered to collect the cages and reset the traps. As long as your dwarves only approach the traps from the top right (with the door locked) they shouldn't get trapped... except for kids following their parents.
 

[pisskop]

So make a seperate, longer pathway for the dwarves to go through.  And restrict that path.  block it off with tightly shut doors, and dont put it near your monarchs throne room.

Pet doors arer the only reliable way to keep critters out, and thats highly subjective, as cats and dogs will wait for a dwarf to enter the door to go through.  Also making a second longer path around forces pets to path around, eliminating much of that fps drain.


Pedit: I realize I just told you to make three paths to one place

[Bearskie]

Good stuff ppl, thanks  

Now I'm considering a setup where I dump a roomful of water over the traps to destroy the webs instead to make it more automated.  Is it possible?

[mhc4444]

Hi, so here is a question ive been wondering about for a few days now, does dwarfs ambutate limbs?

here is the story: i settled on a vulcano, there grew threes on the edge of the opening and i demanded wood, a magma crap shot my dwarf from the lava pit on his leg, end of combat report. a few months (in game) later i find him at the dormitory wounded, i check on him to find that he is missing a leg, which is currently rotting next to his bed, no combat report about him since the magma crap. sooo... did his leg fall off as a result of the previous attack, or does dwarf ambutate? his medical record doesn't state anything before his leg loss, but of cause he was brought to the hospital after i had to deconstruct the bed he was in because that somehow prevented him from being interesting to the 9 doctors that had just migrated here....

[AlBravo]

Before I start a new world I would like to know if long lag spikes where the game totally freezes (not autosave) is normal?  Every few hours DF just locks up.  Resource monitor says it is processing something.  I fpause with dfhack and just wait for a minute or so.  But my average fps runs from 50-90.  Is this background world processing?  I revealed and checked for leaks but didn't see what I thought a leak would look like.  No flow numbers below the sea.  I am planning on a small world, short history, sparse settings with a small 3x3 embark hoping to fix this.

[covertoperator100]

Will I never be sieged unless I have 80+ Dwarves?

In my world, I started the game at war with Elves, and I'm worried I'll be attacked before I have a big enough pop. to defend.

[pisskop]

I am at less than 50.  Siege tags cover more that.

Gobbos will come to any populated fort, or one that trades, or one that hordes wealth.  Sieges in 40.xx depends on geographical and political conditions as well.

[Rafatio]

I'm having a daft digging moment.

Dug a pillar of up/down stairs, and an upstair on the lowest level. Three side-by-side actually, so there is standing room. Works. Now I changed my mind and want to go deeper there with more up/downs, how do I turn the upstair into up/down? I already made a mess of constructions, channels and stair removals on one side, could someone please give me a step by step so I can go "Duh, of course!"?

[pisskop]

If an upstair is already dug then just designate a downstair.

If its constructed you gotta remove them and put in updown stairs.  You can regualarly dig after construction.  Just keep in mind that you should leave at least 1 access point to that level/location, so dont do them all at once.

[Rafatio]

How cool is that, never knew you could dig the up and down parts in seperate steps and have the game combine them! Cavern bypassing can continue, thanks pisskop.

[Detros]

Before I start a new world I would like to know if long lag spikes where the game totally freezes (not autosave) is normal?  Every few hours DF just locks up.  Resource monitor says it is processing something.  I fpause with dfhack and just wait for a minute or so.  But my average fps runs from 50-90.  Is this background world processing?  I revealed and checked for leaks but didn't see what I thought a leak would look like.  No flow numbers below the sea.  I am planning on a small world, short history, sparse settings with a small 3x3 embark hoping to fix this.

What about blossoming trees? Those can be pretty demanding in bigger numbers. Is this big slowing happening in the same time of gameyear?

[SMASH!]

Will dead trees grow back in evil biomes?

[Bouchart]

Anyone know what animals drop gizzard stones when butchered?