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[KylonOrina]

Well when I got my new computer I forgot to disable the dwarven economy in the init file.
Now the baron has arrived and started it up. I don't particularly like the dwarven economy. If I go disable the economy in the init, will it still be going on in my fort since its already started?

[Quietust]

Once the economy has started, it cannot be deactivated for the lifetime of that fortress.

The opposite also appears to be true, if my fort is any indication - if you have the economy turned off at the moment it would have normally activated, it will not activate if you later turn the option back on in init.txt.

[Nidokoenig]

Although, you can essentially roll back the clock by making everyone legendary in something, even if it's just Pump Operator or Bookkeeper. Depending on how you do it, this can interfere with moods, but if the only other options are to put up with it or reroll your fort, it's worth considering, and it's good for cross-training military forces and haulers.

[Quietust]

My last fortress trained up every last dwarf to Legendary, and it had some rather... unfortunate effects on the economy. Namely, a few of my impulsive dwarves managed to acquire hundreds of items, mostly the rock crafts I was producing, and leaving them in the stockpiles rather than putting them away. One of them, a miner, refused to put away even a single item even when given a large empty bedroom, office, dining room, and even a tomb - upon closer inspection, his personality included both "is impulsive" and "is completely disorganized".

[darkflagrance]

Well when I got my new computer I forgot to disable the dwarven economy in the init file.
Now the baron has arrived and started it up. I don't particularly like the dwarven economy. If I go disable the economy in the init, will it still be going on in my fort since its already started?

Is this also true of invaders and artifacts? If one happens, can the others be prevented by turning off the option in the Init?

If not, I just screwed over a specific fortress I was doing...should've been more careful switching to d16.

[Nidokoenig]

My last fortress trained up every last dwarf to Legendary, and it had some rather... unfortunate effects on the economy. Namely, a few of my impulsive dwarves managed to acquire hundreds of items, mostly the rock crafts I was producing, and leaving them in the stockpiles rather than putting them away.

 The sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off. About the only goods that exist for my dwarves to acquire are some large cut glass gems, a big pile of totems, four metric tons of goblin gear and several thousand dwarven syrup roasts. I've noticed one or two gems and some clothes strewn about, I can't imagine how bad it might get if I produced anything of that kind in any great number.

[Atarlost]

My last fortress trained up every last dwarf to Legendary, and it had some rather... unfortunate effects on the economy. Namely, a few of my impulsive dwarves managed to acquire hundreds of items, mostly the rock crafts I was producing, and leaving them in the stockpiles rather than putting them away. One of them, a miner, refused to put away even a single item even when given a large empty bedroom, office, dining room, and even a tomb - upon closer inspection, his personality included both "is impulsive" and "is completely disorganized".

Did it also include "is magmaproof"?  Because if it doesn't there's a simple solution.