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[Arathel]

It's been about 4 years since I settled here.

I have the ranting rodent's graphics pack, Dig Deeper and I added learning tags to my megabeasts to make them last longer, but that's it. Any of those cause problems?

[DDR]

I have embarked on a (multi-embark-screen) island, and not had any troubles getting migrants or dwarven caravans. However, no other civs came. The fortress died due to Peaceful.

[EricStratton]

Possibilities:

You have told dwarves to ignore food: {o}, {f}.

Doh, that was exactly it.  No idea how I managed to do that.  Didn't even know you *could* do that (which I probably made obvious by asking the question).  Thanks so much!

[Caesar]

I have embarked on a (multi-embark-screen) island, and not had any troubles getting migrants or dwarven caravans. However, no other civs came. The fortress died due to Peaceful.

If you embark on an 'unreachable' area, you will not get outside activity, except for that of your own civilization. For this reason the other civilizations didn't visit you.

[The Architect]

Possibilities:

You have told dwarves to ignore food: {o}, {f}.

Doh, that was exactly it.  No idea how I managed to do that.  Didn't even know you *could* do that (which I probably made obvious by asking the question).  Thanks so much!

Sure, very glad to help.

[xczxc]

I want to know more about tags, for example [CAN_LEARN], [CAN_SPEAK], etc. where do you put them? In the raw? or data?
Thanks

[nil]

In the text files in the raw/objects folder..  The data/objects folder are what the game actually reads, but they're created from the contents of raw/objects every time you start the game up.

[xczxc]

Ok got it, thanks!

[DFPongo]

My woodcrafter stops working when ever I tell him to make wooden cages. If I delete the cages and add other things he will make them. When ever a cage is the next thing, he stops.
Any ideas?

And is there some problem with magna smelters making pig iron. Lots of iron smelted, and lots of flux(whole floor covered with it) but no pig iron option.

[Diablous]

And is there some problem with magna smelters making pig iron. Lots of iron smelted, and lots of flux(whole floor covered with it) but no pig iron option.

You need coke or charcoal.

[DFPongo]

oh, I knew that in reality, but thought they where wringing the carbon out of the magma in the game or something. Thanks

[vorpal+5]

I have a problem with underground river critters... How can I dispose of them? They are of the skeletal sort.

I can't close in to melee, because the upper level is just air and the lower level is full of water, right? (UR channel is made of 2 z levels, one is water one is above water)

I can't kill them with crossbows, as they are skeletals?

[NecroRebel]

I have a problem with underground river critters... How can I dispose of them? They are of the skeletal sort.

I can't close in to melee, because the upper level is just air and the lower level is full of water, right? (UR channel is made of 2 z levels, one is water one is above water)

I can't kill them with crossbows, as they are skeletals?

You can kill skeletons with crossbows, it's just not very easy. Basically, do your best to arrange it so that your marksdwarves use only low-value bolts, like bone, since you'll probably not be recovering them for a while or ever, and just unload many, many bolts at the skeles. Most shots will just glance off with little to no effect, but some will actually hit and break bones and eventually kill the undead freaks.

Or, as an alternative, you can dig out a little platform on the riverside next to the open level. Aquatic creatures can climb out of the water to the level above if there's a place for them to, so if you clear such a space the undead will come to where you can melee them. This is much more dangerous, however, since your melee dwarves might stupidly dodge into the river or jump in to attack; either way, they are likely to drown.

My woodcrafter stops working when ever I tell him to make wooden cages. If I delete the cages and add other things he will make them. When ever a cage is the next thing, he stops.
Any ideas?

You mean a carpenter, not a woodcrafter, right? Wood cages are made by a carpenter at a carpenter's workshop, not by woodcrafters at a craftsdwarf's shop. I don't know of anything that would make a carpenter not make cages, but if you're trying to designate them through the manager and you've only got a woodcrafter, you simply don't have the right labor.

Otherwise, no idea 

And is there some problem with magna smelters making pig iron. Lots of iron smelted, and lots of flux(whole floor covered with it) but no pig iron option.

As Diablous said, you need charcoal or coke for pig iron, and also steel. This means that for making steel bars, magma smelters don't actually have any benefit over normal smelters; you need 2 fuel, 2 flux, and 2 iron for every 2 steel whether you're running the reactions in a magma smelter or a non-magma smelter.

[vorpal+5]

thank you very much Necrorebel. The 'aquatic creatures' can goes out of water is rather logical now I think of it, so I guess I'll prepare a sort of trap for the nuisances


edit, another question: is it possible to force a dwarf jumping one z level, without special devices like bridge and such?

[Particleman]

thank you very much Necrorebel. The 'aquatic creatures' can goes out of water is rather logical now I think of it, so I guess I'll prepare a sort of trap for the nuisances


edit, another question: is it possible to force a dwarf jumping one z level, without special devices like bridge and such?

Not as far as I know. You could dig some ramps into the edge of the river though. But be prepared to lose the dwarf doing the digging, unless all the fish are already occupied with other dwarves.