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[Mirtae]

Not sure about anyone else, but a command to make every dwarf move to their bedroom would be dead handy. Especially for those times when Gobbos have made it into the fortress past my million odd traps and are rampaging. Issue the command to move to bedroom, the dwarfs shuffle down into the room apartments, and the soldiers continue to mash into a troll without having to worry about my Legendary Miners wandering in. Food and drink might be a problem, but you could always build rooms around a central food store room or something.

Discuss?

[Omega2]

I like the idea (sounds more reasonable than Dwarves Stay Inside as it is), but what happens to bedless dwarves? Do they go to the barracks and possibly stay on the way, or do the clutter other people's rooms?

(I think being able to set a "shelter" zone like you do with meeting areas and pit/ponds would be more flexible.)

[Dame de la Licorne]

Adding a zoning option indicating "this is the safest place in the entire fort" and an order for "dwarves go to safe place" would make a good addition, and you can store whatever supplies you like in the "bunker".

[Slitherrr]

Adding a zoning option indicating "this is the safest place in the entire fort" and an order for "dwarves go to safe place" would make a good addition, and you can store whatever supplies you like in the "bunker".

An easy extension to this would be the ability to set and name multiple such zones, and have a "--soldiers or civilians or all-- Go to zone" order, where you choose from the list.

[Hyndis]

Adding another option to zoning could fix this. Make a designation for soldiers and one for civilians. Then add in one more option for inside/outside/soldiers outside only, such as ordering people to their respective zones.

Forcing soldiers to move to the soldier zones and civilians to move to the civilian zones would solve a lot of problems, including making your military actually show up for work if there's a siege going on, and making even the guards or royal guards participate as well.

[KrataLightblade]

Adding a zoning option indicating "this is the safest place in the entire fort" and an order for "dwarves go to safe place" would make a good addition, and you can store whatever supplies you like in the "bunker".

Isn't this the Burrows idea that Toady's working on, basically?

[sweitx]

Adding a zoning option indicating "this is the safest place in the entire fort" and an order for "dwarves go to safe place" would make a good addition, and you can store whatever supplies you like in the "bunker".

Isn't this the Burrows idea that Toady's working on, basically?

I think so.  The inside outside designation can be changed to refer to burrows instead.  Now, just need to figure out a way to fix the entrance dance...

I think a fast way would be when Dwarf stay inside activates, the map will essential perform a mass forbid on everything item lying on the surface (maybe a separate forbid tag?)  This should alleviate entrance dance somewhat (fisherdwarf might still go out to fish, etc)

Maybe a job manager like interface, but allows you to designate what job type to forbid?  Maybe forbid those job type when, say, a "Lock Down" command is given.

[SHAD0Wdump]

"Me:Go to your bed room young dwarf!"
"Dwarf:I carved out almost every hall in this fort."
"Me:Oh,right... well go cower in your bed room,there is a seige outside."
"Dwarf:I guess that makes sense.Okee dokee."

[penguinofhonor]

Adding a zoning option indicating "this is the safest place in the entire fort" and an order for "dwarves go to safe place" would make a good addition, and you can store whatever supplies you like in the "bunker".

Isn't this the Burrows idea that Toady's working on, basically?

No. The Burrows idea is splitting your fort into smaller sections, like mini-forts, where dwarves assigned to these burrows will stay within their burrow most of the time.

[Skizelo]

The world's tiniest burrow.

[Wirrit]

The burrows idea does seem related, though.  It's essentially the same thing -- the only major difference is that in Burrows you get to choose the groups of dwarves that get assigned to each "zone", instead of having to choose between "military" and "civilian".

I -really- like the idea of zoning options that allow us to order our dwarves around, though.  Soldiers soldiering, Civilians not running around like headless chickens...  What could be better?

[MaxVance]

Adding a zoning option indicating "this is the safest place in the entire fort" and an order for "dwarves go to safe place" would make a good addition, and you can store whatever supplies you like in the "bunker".

I want this. In previous forts I have somewhat done this by digging out and reflooring the ceilings above my meeting areas, which I always put at the entrance. Telling the civilians to stay inside makes them flee to the bedrooms or workshops, which usually have doors protecting them.

(Opening and reflooring the meeting areas also really cuts down on cave adaptation.)