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[Sil3nt]

"Alright, Let's hope my dwarves are safe during my bridge test... yep, nobody coming up dead. Bridges went up and down just fine. Looks Like nobody died. Although I'm not sure if I could tell."

A bit more than an ingame week later.

URISTMCCARPENTER HAS BEEN MISSING FOR OVER A WEEK

"oh shit."

Ahahahahahah i almost fell from my chair

[htamos]

Nearly everything i have done before discovering the in-game macro function.
All the repetetive micromanagement i can skip with it is like heaven.
Most of my forts usually die more or less worthy, but i remember a chain of wererhinoceros infections, running around in my bedroom area, because i didn't watch if someone was bitten. lol
Or in a terrifying embark undead ogers started knocking on my entrance door and i just think "on no, please wait i'm not ready for you yet"
While i tend to build military up very early, mostly even one of the starting seven is set to it.
I don't remember all of my earlier forts, but i remember a (giant?) bagder invasion, killing or crippling most of my dwarfs, but this one is a classic.

[Pvt. Pirate]

Nearly everything i have done before discovering the in-game macro function.
All the repetetive micromanagement i can skip with it is like heaven.
Most of my forts usually die more or less worthy, but i remember a chain of wererhinoceros infections, running around in my bedroom area, because i didn't watch if someone was bitten. lol
Or in a terrifying embark undead ogers started knocking on my entrance door and i just think "on no, please wait i'm not ready for you yet"
While i tend to build military up very early, mostly even one of the starting seven is set to it.
I don't remember all of my earlier forts, but i remember a (giant?) bagder invasion, killing or crippling most of my dwarfs, but this one is a classic.

is there a tutorial on how to use that feature?

[htamos]

Nearly everything i have done before discovering the in-game macro function.
All the repetetive micromanagement i can skip with it is like heaven.
Most of my forts usually die more or less worthy, but i remember a chain of wererhinoceros infections, running around in my bedroom area, because i didn't watch if someone was bitten. lol
Or in a terrifying embark undead ogers started knocking on my entrance door and i just think "on no, please wait i'm not ready for you yet"
While i tend to build military up very early, mostly even one of the starting seven is set to it.
I don't remember all of my earlier forts, but i remember a (giant?) bagder invasion, killing or crippling most of my dwarfs, but this one is a classic.

is there a tutorial on how to use that feature?

The official wiki entry seems to make it over complicated, but still ok: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Macros_and_keymaps
I set my keys on F1 to F4 (record,play,save,load), this way you need to clear home hotkey(F1) every time first though
I just tell you how i do it: just prepare everything, for example press D D for digging, move cursor the start spot, press record(ctrl+r), do whatever room size you want and press record again. Every time you press play, it redo every input you do. a new rocord just overwrites the old one therefore the saving option.
Works best if you end it on the last starting spot for the next room, this way i create 2 (opposite of the floor one to) bedrooms just with one key, same with furniture and room definings.
It's really easy, but gives you tons of potencial.
On youtube there should be some guides, i would need to look into that, but if you find a good guide feel free to post it.

[Bumber]

I set my keys on F1 to F4 (record,play,save,load), this way you need to clear home hotkey(F1) every time first though

You don't use repeat (ctrl+u)? I find it useful for bringing goods to the depot and separating fat/tallow stockpiles (over 200 repeats, IIRC.)

[htamos]

I set my keys on F1 to F4 (record,play,save,load), this way you need to clear home hotkey(F1) every time first though

You don't use repeat (ctrl+u)? I find it useful for bringing goods to the depot and separating fat/tallow stockpiles (over 200 repeats, IIRC.)

I usually only trade (mostly) finished goods out of stone glass or clay, and then i simply hold Shift and scroll all the way to the bottom to select everything. This way my bins don't get selled, and for trade reasons, you can restrict the stockpile near the trade depot to only take certain materials(and forbid artifact quality), this way you see from the distance, that you select the rigth bins.
Tallow ends up as soap in my hospital, in most games there is not much to butcher, i normally do not hunt, depends on the map really, the potencial overflow gets cooked up.
I have a macro for adventure mode to carve rings, but in most cases you don't really need a macro.
Or what do you mean? I don't see much use for continue a macro in most cases, i rather keep control.
But it could be useful at some times, that's for sure, but i can't remember using it at all in the past, i simply don't need it.
To answer your question, no i don't use continue.

[TD1]

Ptl

[EternalCaveDragon]

I've got one from a fort that was eventually abandoned to rampant FB attack. RIP Arch of Ancients.

Anyway! There was this one dwarf there named Obok. I don't remember what his official job was, but it must have been one of the ones that required going outside since Obok decided he'd like to climb a tree but then remembered he didn't know how to get down. And so was just hanging out in the branches. I don't remember how exactly I found him, but I found him while he was still alive. So, being the benevolent overseer that I am, I sent someone out to cut down the tree to correct this malfunction in dwarven behavior. Now, I was a bit concerned since this tree was overlooking a trench I'd dug to drain a pond to retrieve a poor dwarf's remains. So, the tree gets cut down, but I don't see any sign of him. So I check the trench to see if he fell in there. Nope. No sign of him. I check where the trench emptied, nope, nada.

Where do I find him? The little bugger managed to either jump or step into the branches of the tree on the opposite side of the trench! With his little pet hamster that I didn't know until then that he had with him in his grasp too. I was seriously tempted to just leave him up there. For about a moment until my conscience won out. From that day onward he was known as Treehopper for that little stunt.

[Silverlock]

With his little pet hamster that I didn't know until then that he had with him in his grasp too.

Go for the eyes, Urist McBoo!

[EternalCaveDragon]

Go for the eyes, Urist McBoo!

I'm very glad I understand that reference. XD

[ViolentBeetle]

I think I just caused a laval leak by automining into a magma tube. Why did they not stop digging?

[Dunamisdeos]

Designated mining.

Raised the wrong bridge.

Mining on the other side of the bridge.

Miner came from over 120 blocks away to arrive on the exact time and spot the 1x2 bridge was slamming down on.

[auzewasright]

Designated mining.

Raised the wrong bridge.

Mining on the other side of the bridge.

Miner came from over 120 blocks away to arrive on the exact time and spot the 1x2 bridge was slamming down on.

Piece was diagonal to magma vein.

[Troll_Kaiser177]

My most recent fortress came and went so quickly -

Embark, begin mining, go make matcha (and forget to pause), excitedly return to Giant Hyenas tearing my single remaining DORF to pieces 

[NeoSilverThorn]

Oh, just about any time I forget to check what's on the Z levels above before digging upwards it turns into one.  Largely due to my luck being just lousy enough that I'll dig into something I shouldn't have.  Like a lake.