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[Bouchart]

Pump operator is useful if you ever plan on making that dwarf a scholar.  Also it's a reasonably easy skill to learn.

[indyofcomo]

Am I mistaken: Can you only manually power pump screws moving water? Can you not use manual power on any other contraption?

[Detros]

Am I mistaken: Can you only manually power pump screws moving water? Can you not use manual power on any other contraption?

What contraptions? You can send open/close signals manually via levers on repeat or via some automatic clockwork, say, some sort of minecart timer.

[Random_Dragon]

Am I mistaken: Can you only manually power pump screws moving water? Can you not use manual power on any other contraption?

What contraptions? You can send open/close signals manually via levers on repeat or via some automatic clockwork, say, some sort of minecart timer.

Levers, pressure plates, etc. But those are mechanisms. Screw pumps, axles, etc are machine components. They require power (a dorf pumping, a waterwheel, windmill, etc) instead of receiving discrete blips of signal from levers or pressure plates.

That said, you can link a lever to many machines, or at least the axles/gearshafts that can link machines. All that does is let you break them on command, if I recall.

[greycat]

I think the only places where you get a choice between dwarf power and mechanical power are screw pumps, and querns vs. millstones.

Well... I guess you have to count pushing a minecart vs. rollers too.

P.S. Manual pump operation also works when moving magma, not just water.

[indyofcomo]

I think the only places where you get a choice between dwarf power and mechanical power are screw pumps, and querns vs. millstones.
Well... I guess you have to count pushing a minecart vs. rollers too.
P.S. Manual pump operation also works when moving magma, not just water.

I guess it's 6 vs half-a-dozen but I was wanting to manually power rollers on tracks.

[greycat]

I think the closest you can get to that is to have a dwarf give an initial push, from a track stop onto a roller-powered track segment.  The rollers would always be "on", but the cart's motion is initiated by a dwarf.

But I'm really just a Dabbling minecart engineer, so maybe you can ask in a dedicated minecart thread to get a broader audience.

[Bearskie]

Can marksdwarves still shoot when they are webbed?

[indyofcomo]

(1) I have a well, un-frozen 7-depth water source for well, soap, and doctors. How did a dwarf end up with an infection?

(2) I haven't really noticed assigned war dogs sticking terribly close to their owners. ??

[greycat]

(1) I have a well, un-frozen 7-depth water source for well, soap, and doctors. How did a dwarf end up with an infection?

Soap only decreases the chance of an infection.  It doesn't completely prevent them.

[indyofcomo]

greycat, your wisdom is immeasurable. <<=wisdom=>>

[Bumber]

(1) I have a well, un-frozen 7-depth water source for well, soap, and doctors. How did a dwarf end up with an infection?

When you say 7-depth, do you mean 7 z-levels or 7 fluid-levels? You need 2 z-levels of water to avoid mud.

[Random_Dragon]

By the way, regarding some discussion  I've read elsewhere. Want to know the REAL reason zombies don't talk, even if you add a version of the reaction that leaves CAN_SPEAK alone?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dead men tell no tales.

[indyofcomo]

(1) I have a well, un-frozen 7-depth water source for well, soap, and doctors. How did a dwarf end up with an infection?

When you say 7-depth, do you mean 7 z-levels or 7 fluid-levels? You need 2 z-levels of water to avoid mud.

7 fluid levels

[Bumber]

(1) I have a well, un-frozen 7-depth water source for well, soap, and doctors. How did a dwarf end up with an infection?

When you say 7-depth, do you mean 7 z-levels or 7 fluid-levels? You need 2 z-levels of water to avoid mud.

7 fluid levels

That might be your problem. Are the water buckets "laced with mud"?