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[Skorpion]

Do artifacts ever go out?
I ask because there's a leather quiver making everyone annoyed and sad. I've designated a pond over it, but nobody's filled yet.

[Hortun]

Do artifacts ever go out?
I ask because there's a leather quiver making everyone annoyed and sad. I've designated a pond over it, but nobody's filled yet.

They don't burn out from what I understand, which can be cool sometimes, but usually just annoying. I'd assume you could just dump enough water on it to put it out, but I've never tried it.

You can always channel your local river over to it if the pond isn't working out.

[silhouette]

got kobolds?
put it outside in the open.

[Skorpion]

It's ON FIRE. I don't dare move it.

If the pond won't put it out, I'm channeling it into a hole and flooring over.

[Tycho]

A few quick questions:
Is there a way to get dwarfs to gather up weapons/armor/cloths/misc stuff lying around, besides dump/reclaim? A trade caravan got caught in a string of ambushes, and everyone's dead, but all their stuff is lying in a pile. Not to mention everything left around my fortress after a tantrum spiral.

Is there a way to temporarily seal off an underground water canal? I tapped into a river by just mining underground between a mined out reservoir and the river. No floodgates installed at the time of construction. Since that time about 20 or so dwarfs have fallen down the well, generating miasma and leaving a pile of gear at the bottom. I tried engineering a collapse one z level above, but no dice.

Also, is there a way to reconstruct walls, or build something that acts the same and can have a door attached?

[Skorpion]

Plugging a canal can be done by magma very easily.

Also, WHY do people fall in wells? I've never had that problem.

EDIT:
Apparently you can put out artifacts. Yay for bucket chain fire extinguishing.

[Slayer1557]

Why won't some dwarves spar?  I had 2 dwarves train up to champion just fine.  Then I brought another 4 dwarves into the military.  They all trained wrestling up to a good level, about when they all became elite, and then I switched them to other weapons.  3 of them trained to champion level, one of them trained up to talented level and then stopped.  He still has his weapon, and the other dwarves still train, but he will not.  I bring in another 4 recruits into the military, training wrestling, and I switch Urist McNotrain to wrestling, hoping to bring him to champion level quicker than with axe skill.  All four of them go to champion level, and Urist McNotrain has gained NO skill, in anything(military-wise).

Also, I checked, he has no injuries either.

What the hell is going on?  I've had this happen rarely before, but why? 

[Hortun]

Why won't some dwarves spar?  I had 2 dwarves train up to champion just fine.  Then I brought another 4 dwarves into the military.  They all trained wrestling up to a good level, about when they all became elite, and then I switched them to other weapons.  3 of them trained to champion level, one of them trained up to talented level and then stopped.  He still has his weapon, and the other dwarves still train, but he will not.  I bring in another 4 recruits into the military, training wrestling, and I switch Urist McNotrain to wrestling, hoping to bring him to champion level quicker than with axe skill.  All four of them go to champion level, and Urist McNotrain has gained NO skill, in anything(military-wise).

Also, I checked, he has no injuries either.

What the hell is going on?  I've had this happen rarely before, but why? 

Well, if they have spinal injuries, that'll stop them, but you say they're uninjured. Are they marksdwarves? I know sometimes marksdwarves can be buggy about when they want to spar. Other than that, I'm not sure, really.


Does editing an existing smelter reaction require a regen? What about adding a new reaction?

[Slayer1557]

Yea, if they had a spinal injury they would hardly be moving, let alone sparring.  But I know how to check for that anyway, so no.  And for the record he is an Elite Wrestler. (Master Wrestling, Talented Axedwarf)  although he refuses to train either.  This usually occurs in one or two dwarves in every fort I play, but I wanna know why.  Is it something I did? Can I fix it?

[assimilateur]

Yea, if they had a spinal injury they would hardly be moving

Light gray, and I think even brown, spinal wounds don't incapacitate them at all when it comes to moving or doing civilian work. It would keep them from sparring. And yes, I know you've checked for wounds, I'm just pointing out the small error here that light spinal wounds necessarily entailed paralysis.

Check if your non-sparring dwarf has got his hands full in any way that would not be conducive to good ergonomics, as far as fighting or sparring is concerned. Sometimes, they will fuck up when picking up equipment and hold both a weapon and shield in one hand; also, when wrestling they sometimes strip clothing or equipment off their adversary, be they friend or foe, and refuse to let go. In that case, marking said items for dumping should sort you out.

[uttaku]

modifying an existing reaction does not need a regen, but a new reaction will require a regen.
This is why I love rose gold

[labouts]

Yea, if they had a spinal injury they would hardly be moving, let alone sparring.  But I know how to check for that anyway, so no.  And for the record he is an Elite Wrestler. (Master Wrestling, Talented Axedwarf)  although he refuses to train either.  This usually occurs in one or two dwarves in every fort I play, but I wanna know why.  Is it something I did? Can I fix it?

This might be too obvious, but did you make sure he's off duty? I made that mistake once. 

Also, I think the "Cautiousness", "Excellence" and/or "Lawfulness" Personality traits might affect their willingness to train after reaching a high skill.

[Tycho]

If I had magma I'd be all over it. Right now I'm diverting the river through a new hydropower station.

Another question: When making floodgates more than one wide, does each 'floodgate' have to be connected individually to a leaver, or does only one in the row have to be connected? 

[Sphalerite]

Each floodgate has to be individually linked.  Alternately, you can get the effect of a row of floodgates by building a raising drawbridge instead.

[Tycho]

Thanks a lot.
Sorry, more questions:
Animal control. My horse/cat population is far out of control. I can't slaughter fast enough. They're always in the way of some project. I can't build cages fast enough. What do I do?

Suspended construction. Why won't my dwarfs finish sealing off the weak entrance? They'll finish it down to the last necessary wall piece, but won't complete it, so the goblins walk right in, rather than passing the marksdwarf shooting gallery.

Thanks.