There's no "secret knowledge", just lots of obscure bits of information which can only be discovered by reading the right wiki page, looking up old forum posts, or even reading the source code for tools like DFhack. There are lots of discoveries which are deemed so insignificant or self-evident that people don't bother posting about them.
If you think what you've discovered is useful then make a thread about it or add it to the wiki.
hmm... why don't we use an example then. i have an explanation for why visiting scholars run off with your books.
the reason is because they need to haul the book to read it, but since they aren't considered any kind of member of your fort they won't get a "store item in location" job attempt after they are done. if they had any fort member setting they would at least attempt the job and then drop the book if it's not a valid job for them. sometimes such a failed attempt will not generate a job cancellation because the game doesn't attempt the task if it isnt valid in some cases. but for visiting scholars since they arent any kind of member of your fort, they arent even checked at all
now. how many other ppl know this?
What would be the point in that?
Just ask Toady if you want to know anything about his game.
yea but he's usually too busy
One thing I don’t get is DF’s _complete_ lack of nerve regeneration. In real life, it’s only the central nervous system (I.e. the brain and spinal chord) that can’t regenerate. The nerves in the peripheral nervous system can regenerate just fine after being damaged.
not quite true but real life nerve injuries are rare outside of the spine for a reason. if a laceration only damages the muscle layer it means it didnt go through the bone to the muscles on the other side. new nerves will not grow and im not sure existing severed nerves can reconnect.
but i am sure that other nerves in undamaged muscle parts running down the arms will grow stronger and may even further extend into the parts with severed nerves (the cells themselves grow larger, not new cells).
thus in reality it's very hard to disable a limb from a laceration that doesnt go through the bone to the muscle on the other side