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[Thunderclaw]

Just breached a cavern for the first time. What's the best way to stop the incessant "Item Inaccessible" spam?

[Loci]

[d]esignate - [b]ulk - [f]orbid, then draw a 3D box over the caverns (including hidden tiles). You can then use [d]esignate - [b]ulk - [c]laim to unforbid things you actually want your dwarves to move/use.

[Thunderclaw]

Thanks.

While on the topic, when the job gets cancelled like that, is there a way to see which item the dwarf was trying to fetch? Earlier I was having similar spam issues because some logs fell in the river and it took me a while to figure out what was wrong.

[knedl]

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to UN-SELECT what is grown on a farm. Lets say I don't want plump helmets to grow in spring. What I want is nothing to grow but I can't set the farm plot to nothing, can only switch to some other plant.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to UN-SELECT what is grown on a farm. Lets say I don't want plump helmets to grow in spring. What I want is nothing to grow but I can't set the farm plot to nothing, can only switch to some other plant.

There is an option to leave the fields fallow in the same menu used to select a season or crop type. Like the f key.

[knedl]

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to UN-SELECT what is grown on a farm. Lets say I don't want plump helmets to grow in spring. What I want is nothing to grow but I can't set the farm plot to nothing, can only switch to some other plant.

There is an option to leave the fields fallow in the same menu used to select a season or crop type. Like the f key.

AH TNX! Life saver lol

[Rusty Shackleford]

Anyone know if mechanism quality effects accuracy or anything else when it comes to weapon traps?

[Snafu]

Only time (from trigger to effect), if even that IIRC

[Thunderclaw]

Wiki says mechanism quality affects the accuracy of weapon traps and probably stone fall traps.

All of the above traps other than Upright Spear use mechanisms in their construction. The quality of the mechanism used impacts weapon traps beyond their value. However, in weapon traps the mechanism quality seems to act similarly to weapon skill in an entity and will play a part in determining whether a strike lands. Code analysis suggests that mechanism quality also impacts the effectiveness of stone fall traps, though it has no effect on cage traps.

[Albedo]

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/483566-Most-efficient-TR-questing?p=5934019&viewfull=1#post5934019

Havne't specifically tried it myself, but I would ~think~ you could separate your non-edible crops (dyes, I assume?) into a separate area, and then use Burrows to restrict which dwarves harvest, and where. A "harvest plants" job is a job, after all. :/

[Cathar]

When making shell helmets, do the kind of shell has an effect on the quality and properties of the helmet? Or is a pond turtle helmet equivalent to a mussel shell helmet?

Additional question : Where do shell armor falls in the cloth-leather-metal armor tiers? What should I expect from it?

[Vorox]

When making shell helmets, do the kind of shell has an effect on the quality and properties of the helmet? Or is a pond turtle helmet equivalent to a mussel shell helmet?

Creature type doesn't affect leather strength, so I'd assume it's the same for shell.

Additional question : Where do shell armor falls in the cloth-leather-metal armor tiers? What should I expect from it?

material_template_default.txt says "used bone for all of these, no data" next to IMPACT YIELD and others so it's exactly as protective as bone

[dharthoorn]

Question on hauling optimization;
I have observed many times that when a (craftsdwarf) workshop is very full of items and a stockpile with space and bins is readily available, dorfs generate a hauling job for every item individually, rather than sending one dorf WITH a bin to collect however many happen to fit in the bin.

Is it possible to stimulate smarter bin usage or is it just not part of the current hauling logic?

[Rusty Shackleford]

I think every item creates a job, but dwarves will pick up as many items as they can carry when they go to do one.

Try looking at your haulers inventory during a big job, they are usually carrying more than one item. I see them carry multiple small items in their hands without a bin too I think.

[dharthoorn]

I've seen them picking up more than one food items but I've *literally* watched them put one earring at a time in the stockpile for 100 times in a row without exception.

At the very least, picking up more than one is unpredictable.