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[Staalo]

I saw some giant tree frogs spawned inside the brook.

That's funny; I have never seen any creatures inside the actual brook tiles, even when the fisherdwarves keep getting fish from them. I thought that wasn't even possible. Time to rethink the water supply then...

[utunnels]

I saw some giant tree frogs spawned inside the brook.

That's funny; I have never seen any creatures inside the actual brook tiles, even when the fisherdwarves keep getting fish from them. I thought that wasn't even possible. Time to rethink the water supply then...

Oh, correction: not giant frogs, just one giant frog.

Well I guess there need to be amphibian animals first, and the spawn coords must be inside the brook. So it is at least a very rare event.

[Putnam]

Killing a megabeast or titan as an adventurer will make it so said adventurer occasionally migrates to your fort wearing jewelry made from said megabeast or titan's hair or nails.

[Jake]

Ranged weapons can fire more than one type of ammunition with a bit of modding. The [ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_WHATEVER] entries in entity_default are referring to a class of ammunition. Note the highlighted sections from these bits of the latest BPFA release:

[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_BLUNDERBUSS]
   [ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_SHOT_1]

[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SHOTGUN]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_SHOTGUN_SAWN_OFF]
   [ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_SHOT_2]

[ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_GRAPESHOT]

[NAME:grapeshot:grapeshot cartridges]

[CLASS:SHOT_1]

[SIZE:600]

[ATTACK:EDGE:100:2000:pierce:pierces:NO_SUB:4000]

[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:20:2]



[ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BUCKSHOT]

[NAME:buckshot:buckshot cartridges]

[CLASS:SHOT_2]

[SIZE:600]

[ATTACK:EDGE:100:1500:pierce:pierces:NO_SUB:4000]

[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:20:2]



[ITEM_AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BIRDSHOT]

[NAME:birdshot:birdshot cartridges]

[CLASS:SHOT_2]

[SIZE:600]

[ATTACK:EDGE:150:1000:pierce:pierces:NO_SUB:4000]

[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:20:2]

This has worked since at least 40d.

[utunnels]

Dorfs only do clean job when they see the dirty tile.
For example, they will ignore some bloody floors for years. But if you put a meeting zone over the blood, they will do the job immediately.

[Vilkku92]

A ghost can report a crime, or at least be a witness for one.

[StubbornAlcoholic]

The Dwarves of my current fortress made a statue in honour of the idiot Mayor - who so far has had the following mandates:

1. Export of anvils prohibited.
2. Forge two anvils (completed)
3. Forge two more anvils (completed)
4. MOAR ANVILS

They fittingly called the statue: "THE UGLY GRAIN."

My previous fort had an image of the Dwarves arriving at the fort in the first year and labouring, and called it "The Limp Decisions", which I thought was hilarious...

[Meneth]

You can melt metal objects constructed by mandate. The mandates only orders you to construct and not sell the objects, but destroying them is OK.

[Corona688]

I had one who mandated catapult parts.  Six entire catapults and counting now.

[Corona688]

Trivial finding about minecarts:  If you have one set to move at 100%, and it has materials in it that don't match the list of materials it will accept, it will never reach 100% and will never move.  You have to dump the 'bad' contents manually, or switch to an empty cart.

[utunnels]

Trivial finding about minecarts:  If you have one set to move at 100%, and it has materials in it that don't match the list of materials it will accept, it will never reach 100% and will never move.  You have to dump the 'bad' contents manually, or switch to an empty cart.

That's why I have two options:

1) Move when full of contents
2) Move in n days always


Another trivial finding:

Wagon wood can be put in minecart. But they are not accepted by the quantum stockpile for some reason and the dwarves will haul them back to their original stockpile, creating a hauling loop.

[Putnam]

-snip-

Are you sure about this? Because that makes no sense.

[Corona688]

Trivial finding about minecarts:  If you have one set to move at 100%, and it has materials in it that don't match the list of materials it will accept, it will never reach 100% and will never move.  You have to dump the 'bad' contents manually, or switch to an empty cart.

That's why I have two options:

1) Move when full of contents
2) Move in n days always

Yeah, it'll fix itself eventually, but my haulers need to be kept busy.

Another trivial finding:

Wagon wood can be put in minecart. But they are not accepted by the quantum stockpile for some reason and the dwarves will haul them back to their original stockpile, creating a hauling loop.

They are landing on a stockpile and not just empty floor, right?  It's not like designated dumping.  If they don't land somewhere valid they'll be moved.

 I always make sure to have my dump heaps linked to give to shops, too.  I hadn't caught anyone in a hauling loop yet but was feeling paranoid.

[utunnels]

I have only 1 qsp (same settings under wood category as the source stockpile). They only remove those wagon logs around.
BTW, there's no wagon wood option in the stockpile settings.


I noticed the elves change their queen despite the former is alive.
The dwarves will always wait until the old king is dead.
The humans usually do not change their law giver, but sometimes the position can be taken by force, at least I saw a vampire defeated the original law giver and replaced him.

[Corona688]

Wagons used to be their own special kind of wood.  Now days they all seem to be pear wood.