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[Eldes]

Check for roots of trees or cavern type trees growing into them. I think there's a bug that underground soil and muddy stone usually elligable for saplings is causing some issues with workshops deconstructing and often this is resulting in crashes.

I have 3 stone layers between me and the soil, but I can try moving them farther apart? Maybe they don't like butting up against walls?

Also, every time I try to type notes, any letter that is also a command (like d for delete), cannot be a part of a note because it keeps executing the command (so I cannot type bridge because the d tries to delete the note). I'm pretty sure that's a DFHack problem, but I have no idea how to fix it.

I was getting that too.  Fixed itself when I made changes to my dfhack.init.  Pretty sure it was the confirm plugin.  Just remove it from the enable list and see what happens?

Worked like a charm. Thanks a lot, now my dwarves will be safe not in immediate danger

[Pseudo]

What are you building the buildings out of?

[Uggh]

Which labour is used for loading a minecart? I have so many hauling jobs active that nobody takes care of it.

If I assign a hauler (all hauling labours activated) to a burrow that includes the feeding stockpile and the track stop, she will move around some barrels in the stockpile or do nothing, but never loads anything into the minecart.
The minecart route in question works in principle, but is very slow due to the loading issue.

[Eldes]

What are you building the buildings out of?

Normal stone/stone blocks. Whatever's closest. I'm rebuilding them in another location, so we'll see if they spontaneously combust again.

[Roofless]

What I know:
In a new generated world (42.03), while choosing embarkation site, I found two dwarf civs available for as a host civ. One of them had no territory marked on the map. Surely, no outpost liason came to me with the dwarven caravan.

What I would like to know:
1. Can civs exist without sites or did I embark as an extint civ (via a bug)?
2. If there is no outpost liason, can my fortress still become a county\etc. or a mountainhome?

[SaD-82]

1. Yes, you can - I wouldn't call it a bug. You can embark as a dying or a dead civ.
Further explanation for the first part of your question:
If, for example, all sites of a civ were conquered and some (or just one) dwarves were taken captive, then this civ does exist via these dwarves (you could call it a dying civ) until these dwarves are dead or become incorporated into the civ of their enemies (then it would be a dead civ).

2.
Yes and no.
If it's merely a dying civ, there could be reasons why you didn't get a liason (he is dead and a new one will be elected; there are troubles preventing him from reaching you; etc) - therefore you will be able to become mountainhome eventually.
If it's a dead civ, then, no. Noone will be elected king/queen.

This is a short summary - there is a whole lot more to this topic.
But your questions should be answered.
In some way.
I hope.
 

[taptap]

1. Yes, you can - I wouldn't call it a bug. You can embark as a dying or a dead civ.
Further explanation for the first part of your question:
If, for example, all sites of a civ were conquered and some (or just one) dwarves were taken captive, then this civ does exist via these dwarves (you could call it a dying civ) until these dwarves are dead or become incorporated into the civ of their enemies (then it would be a dead civ).

2.
Yes and no.
If it's merely a dying civ, there could be reasons why you didn't get a liason (he is dead and a new one will be elected; there are troubles preventing him from reaching you; etc) - therefore you will be able to become mountainhome eventually.
If it's a dead civ, then, no. Noone will be elected king/queen.

This is a short summary - there is a whole lot more to this topic.
But your questions should be answered.
In some way.
I hope.
 

"Elected king / queen eventually" - I thought dead civs are the ones where someone claims the title right after embark.

[SaD-82]

"Elected king / queen eventually" - I thought dead civs are the ones where someone claims the title right after embark.

Nope, the other way around.
If you start from a dead civ, there never will be any nobles.
No liasons.
No dwarven caravans.

[Roofless]

Nope, the other way around.
If you start from a dead civ, there never will be any nobles.
No liasons.
No dwarven caravans.

If the las one is true, than the fact that I get dwarven caravan means the civ is not dead just yet?

[SaD-82]

If the las one is true, than the fact that I get dwarven caravan means the civ is not dead just yet?

Yep, just merely dying.

[Detros]

If the las one is true, than the fact that I get dwarven caravan means the civ is not dead just yet?

Yep, just merely dying.

You can secure your current fort, retire it and try to build new one nearby to rebuild your civilization.
Or, abandon your fort and reclaim it with the other dwarven civilization to let your current one die off.

[Roofless]

You can secure your current fort, retire it and try to build new one nearby to rebuild your civilization.
Or, abandon your fort and reclaim it with the other dwarven civilization to let your current one die off.

Well, I'm definitely not retiring my "From dusk till dawn"-esque epic tavern-fortress filled with weredwarves

So, do I understand corretly that when the last reps of my civ elsewhere die, my fortress will not ellect a new king among its residents and will remain just an outpost, for all eternity?

EDIT: or did I just discover a !!SCIENCE!! project?

[cochramd]

Already made a thread, but maybe I'll get an answer in here: if I build a floor, pour magma on it, pour water on that magma and mine the resulting obsidian, do I get an obsidian floor?

[1piemaster1]

So I am trying to pit some trolls, beak dogs, and goblins as shown in the picture above. The pits are surrounded by the animal stockpile, and the pit is designated ONLY on the holes. But, whenever I open up the "pit list" menu, the only thing I see are my caged domesticated animals and the beak dogs. I don't see the goblins or the trolls. Also, the beak dogs escape almost every time they are to be pitted..

What am i doing wrong?

[Detros]

So I am trying to pit some trolls, beak dogs, and goblins as shown in the picture above. The pits are surrounded by the animal stockpile, and the pit is designated ONLY on the holes. But, whenever I open up the "pit list" menu, the only thing I see are my caged domesticated animals and the beak dogs. I don't see the goblins or the trolls. Also, the beak dogs escape almost every time they are to be pitted..

What am i doing wrong?

Known issue: intelligent beings can be neither pitted nor assigned to a chain in 0.42.03 (9271 and similar reports).