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dubradditz

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How can I find specific items?
« on: March 03, 2009, 09:53:40 pm »
One of my dwarfs just made a legendary gauntlet!  Before I get the chance to find it, I realize I don't know where it is.  It isn't on the dwarf who made, so is there any way to locate an item like that without looking at every dwarf's inventory?  I checked the stockpiles without luck as well.
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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2009, 10:02:23 pm »
Do you have any legendary champions?
One might have nicked it.
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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2009, 10:03:00 pm »
Press [z] to go into the status menu, then select "stocks."

From there, scroll down to... it was either armor or handwear, can't remember.


Anyway, it should be in there somewhere. The stocks screen is useful for this sort of thing.
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dubradditz

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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2009, 10:11:46 pm »
Hmmm I tried that, but it won't let me view anything.  Probably cause I haven't had the book keeper do his thing?  Maybe?
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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2009, 10:40:57 pm »
If it's an artifact, you should be able to hit 'l' and zoom to it.
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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2009, 07:02:39 am »
Hi dubradditz, and welcome to the forums!

Yes, you are right, you need a bookkeeper at work to be able to view exact numbers of your stock, as well as to be able to zoom to them. Dunno if he needs to be at highest precision.

You must set precision level via the (n)obles screen before your bookkeeper starts doing anything.
AND he needs a designated office

Although your other post was defenitly in the right place, next time if you have a gaming question, there also is a subforum for them ;)

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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2009, 12:28:56 pm »
you can't really zoom from the artifacts menu, but the artifact is probably in the workshop where it was created, press t and mark the shop.
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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2009, 01:03:00 pm »
Does your bookkeeper have to have access to all of the fort to get full precision or could you lock him in his office with some food and booze and get the stock menu to full precision?
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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2009, 01:50:03 pm »
Quote from: Randominality on March 04, 2009, 01:03:00 pm
Does your bookkeeper have to have access to all of the fort to get full precision or could you lock him in his office with some food and booze and get the stock menu to full precision?

The latter. He doesn't actually need to look at an item to take inventory; Record Keeping is actually a skill of writing and clairvoyance.
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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2009, 05:28:37 pm »
Got it, let the book keeper do his thing and now I can find it.  Thanks!
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Re: How can I find specific items?
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2009, 06:50:27 pm »
Quote from: phalantas on March 04, 2009, 12:28:56 pm
you can't really zoom from the artifacts menu, but the artifact is probably in the workshop where it was created, press t and mark the shop.

Weird, I could've sworn you could zoom from that menu.  Dang.
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