Actually had to turn down the ratio of dwarven children to adults. The kids are eating too much food and not helping to put it in stockpiles. 1000's of dwarfbucks worth of food have gone rotten. To make up for the loss of food I've actually had to start slaughternig war dogs en mass. It's ok, they're not that useful anyways, and they're dying of old age recently. Cat pets are starting to die too, which should help my fps soon. I have ~30-40 cat pets that run all over the place. I need like 5
FPS is down to ~ 80, and I'm trying to figure out what's slowing everything down. various places are locked and forbidden now, and I regularly clean out my garbage area.
Elves should be happy btw, my fort is defended almost entirely by exotic giant war animals on ropes, and I'm selling them the crafted remains of the dogs I eat. I don't use much wood for anything, so their beloved forests are safe. I figure since they're cannibals they'll like the current arrangements.
All of my dwarves are naked too. I have plenty of high-quality clothes lying around, but they don't give a squat. Every single dwarf in my fort is in the nude.
BTW,,, if you have 53 dwarves, but 37 of those are children... is it worth having a mayor? My fort says yes. I'm not a city - I'm a fricken daycare.