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Author Topic: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?  (Read 1654 times)

Jigowah

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Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« on: September 09, 2014, 06:57:33 pm »
In vanilla:

Does anyone has a quick way to check on metal inventory so smithing is smoother?  How do I quickly see what bars I have?  Just go to the stockpiles?

Also, is there an easy way to bounce between dwarf bios and skill/roll/military assignment?  I spend a lot of time assigning roles because of going between these views.
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2014, 07:01:24 pm »
???

(z) over to stocks menu, towards the bottom of the first page is 'bars', so long as you have an active bookeeper keeping adequate track of stocks.
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2014, 07:13:46 pm »
So i see i have bars of ? counts but never of what type. 

Is this because my bookkeeper is crap?  I shall get a professional straight away...
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2014, 07:15:59 pm »
Quote from: Jigowah on September 09, 2014, 07:13:46 pm
So i see i have bars of ? counts but never of what type. 

Is this because my bookkeeper is crap?  I shall get a professional straight away...
(n)oble screen, scroll down to the bookeeper, and (s)et the bookeeper to a higher priority.  Medium or higher is recommended, depending on how much dwarfpower you can spare.

Even untrained bookeepers will be able to keep your stock record tidy, as long as they have their own office, simply a chair assigned to them.
« Last Edit: September 09, 2014, 07:20:42 pm by pisskop »
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2014, 07:24:51 pm »
Totally forgot about that parameter.  TY :D
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2014, 07:45:26 pm »
The first thing out of my carpenter's shop is always a chair for the bookkeeper's office, and I always set my bookkeeper (usually my expedition leader/broker as well) to max accuracy as soon as I make him an office. I never even notice the time he spends at it, so I don't see any point in setting it any lower.

   Keith
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2014, 07:50:47 pm »
Heh, your photos makes me think that there are two dwarfs talking about how to do something.

Oh, look, I am another Dwarf!
... Sorry, I am tired, that's why I am this stupid right now :)
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2014, 06:12:51 am »
If you're somewhat lazy like me, and just want a quick glance at your metal numbers, you can quickly bring up the Wall construction (b-C-w) in a tile next to where you keep your metal bars.

With the potential build materials ordered by distance your metal should be at the top.
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2014, 12:38:53 pm »
Quote from: Repseki on September 10, 2014, 06:12:51 am
If you're somewhat lazy like me, and just want a quick glance at your metal numbers, you can quickly bring up the Wall construction (b-C-w) in a tile next to where you keep your metal bars.

With the potential build materials ordered by distance your metal should be at the top.

Heh, nice idea. Thanks.

   Keith
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Re: Easiest way to see my metal bar inventory? Quick ways to check skills for jobs?
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2014, 01:38:35 pm »
Quote from: Repseki on September 10, 2014, 06:12:51 am
If you're somewhat lazy like me, and just want a quick glance at your metal numbers, you can quickly bring up the Wall construction (b-C-w) in a tile next to where you keep your metal bars.

With the potential build materials ordered by distance your metal should be at the top.

This is exactly what I do.
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