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[Loci]

I can't imagine very many jobs I'd want to literally run forever as often as possible.

Magma smelting ores, skulls into totems, milk into cheese, pig iron into steel, maybe iron into pig iron, maybe lye into soap....

Shearing creatures, spinning yarn, rendering fat, processing plants, milking creatures, melting items, assembling instruments, pressing slurry, making quires, pressing honeycomb... generally if there is only one desired use for an item then placing the job on perpetual repeat in a specific workshop makes sense.

[Mostali]

I can't imagine very many jobs I'd want to literally run forever as often as possible.

Magma smelting ores, skulls into totems, milk into cheese, pig iron into steel, maybe iron into pig iron, maybe lye into soap....

Shearing creatures, spinning yarn, rendering fat, processing plants, milking creatures, melting items, assembling instruments, pressing slurry, making quires, pressing honeycomb... generally if there is only one desired use for an item then placing the job on perpetual repeat in a specific workshop makes sense.

You could make an entire production chain dependent on the output of one or two workshops.  Manually enter jobs for the starting workshop(s) to control volume and have the rest of the chain on perpetual repeat.

[Wolfechu]

Quick question where I'm not sure where to look, and hesitant to try out - if I go down a single z level and start mining under rooms, is it going to take out the floor above, or is there a kind of buffer between levels?

[Detros]

Quick question where I'm not sure where to look, and hesitant to try out - if I go down a single z level and start mining under rooms, is it going to take out the floor above, or is there a kind of buffer between levels?

It won't fall if you just mine.

DF wiki says:
Mining removes the section of the wall while preserving both the ceiling (which is the floor of the level above) and the floor.
Channeling removes the section of the wall, the floor, and if possible places a ramp one level below.

[Wolfechu]

Quick question where I'm not sure where to look, and hesitant to try out - if I go down a single z level and start mining under rooms, is it going to take out the floor above, or is there a kind of buffer between levels?

It won't fall if you just mine.

Awesome, thanks! Sure I used to know this stuff, but it's been a looong time since I played.

[gordy]

I didn't plan well after a weredeer attacked and now I've had three seasons where the survivors have turned. How can I mitigate this rush without horrible micro management? I have no idea who is interested until they turn, and they kill 3-4 dwarves and infect good knows how many others. Is the fort doomed?

[mirrizin]

One possibility is to let the infection run its course until all of the dwarves are infected or dead, then isolate the dwarves who are infected and wait for migrants. It wouldn't take much micro management, though there are certainly other drawbacks...

[Random_Dragon]

This is why the most efficient solution is to quarantine anyone bitten by a werebeast as soon as possible, before it becomes effectively impossible to track the number of victims.

[pisskop]

This is why the most efficient solution is to quarantine anyone bitten by a werebeast as soon as possible, before it becomes effectively impossible to track the number of victims blessings.

ftfy

There was a mistranslation in the game, a real stubborn bug, where legends mode calls it a curse to have regenerating superhuman fighters

[Random_Dragon]

Right, regenerating superhumans that menace the enemy with spontaneous nudity at the worst possible times. :V

[Mostali]

How do you go about collecting wood from underground lakes?

[Detros]

How do you go about collecting wood from underground lakes?

What about mining from below or side and draining those lakes? You are a dwarf so use that pick of yours.

[greycat]

How do you go about collecting wood from underground lakes?

MAGMA, obviously.

[Ajonos]

I just resumed playing after a long break, got a fort up and running, and was pumping out tradegoods like mad... and then I traded a bunch of masterwork crafts to a human caravan. And the moment they left the map, I got a ton of announcements about "A masterwork has been lost" x80... Is this a bug? Or am I really supposed to never sell anything masterwork? Is there a workaround?

How bad is the "lost masterwork" bad thoughts for that matter? I haven't had any tantrums yet, but I'm paused right after the masterwork lost spam... I'm worried I'm in for some Fun.

[Bradders]

It is a noted bug with 42.06, and yes it is a pain.  Don't trade your masterworks away, if possible.  So many losses at once can cause a tantrum, but a couple losses isn't a big deal, 80 is probably a big sanity hit.  Depends on the dwarf's stress levels and junk.  Hopefully fixed for next version.