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[ungulateman]

Try the DF Wiki page about magma for a guide on using magma 'safely'.

[boyofcheese]

Is there any use for alunite, because I have a fuckton of it and I'm not sure what to do with it.

[Rolan7]

Is there any use for alunite, because I have a fuckton of it and I'm not sure what to do with it.

Making walls that are white.  Otherwise it's just another stone.
The DF wiki changed addresses recently, here's a link to the new one:
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Alunite#Other_Stone

Note alunite doesn't actually have it's own entry because it's a very typical stone.

[boyofcheese]

Thanks for the help.

I have another question though, for some reason my carpenters don't want to make enormous wooden screws or pipe sections, saying that they need wood logs, when I have tons of wood sitting in my stockpile, why is this happening?

[The Architect]

Possibilities:

There is no path between the dwarves, the wood, and the workshops.

There is something wrong with your {o} menu settings: Either you have Dwarves Ignore Wood, or Dwarves Stay Inside.

I'm inclined to think you accidentally turned on "Dwarves Ignore Wood".

[Huggz]

My Dorfs will dump all refuse except the remains of vermin, which make miasma in my dining room How do I make them dump it too (My refuse storage is set up fine).

[boyofcheese]

Yeah, thats what happened, my wood stockpiles were outside and I put on dwarves stay inside, because of a forest fire(that luckily didn't reach my forest). Thanks.

[Holzfaust]

Is there anyway to control magma without having bauxite? I know i can trade for it but I don't want to wait another year. Maybe a bridge?

Try the DF Wiki page about magma for a guide on using magma 'safely'.

It is not about tapping magma for setting up magma workshops. I've built a reservoir which is holding quite a bunch magma but up until now theres nothing that whould stop the magma from draining. Usually i whould build a floodgate connect it to a Lever using bauxite mechanism. But since i don't have bauxite ... well you guess it.

[Edit]
I just got the idea about setting up a pump at the drainage. How about that?

[DFPongo]

What is the secret to getting the dwarfs to haul away the gear that the goblins forgot when they were torn appart?

[Rolan7]

What is the secret to getting the dwarfs to haul away the gear that the goblins forgot when they were torn appart?

It's probably forbidden (a default setting in the orders section which prevents haulers from rushing into combat situations).  Use the d-b "claim" command to unforbid all the stuff.

[G-Flex]

Do children pull levers?

I know nobles do, and the wiki says children do as well, but I've received conflicting reports elsewhere. Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of this?

[Malicus]

I have first-hand knowledge of assigning a specific child to a lever (in an attempt to commit felicide (*googles* Wow, that's actually a word?  I thought I was making it up on the spot.)).  The child never got around to pulling the lever, no matter how hard I tried.

[DFPongo]

Is it just me, or does the game turn into a battle against partys in the 4th year. party party party party party party party.
Am I just unlucky or does the game get stupid?

[Jim Groovester]

Don't designate meeting areas from tables (or wells or statues or any other piece of furniture). Designate meeting zones instead.

Your fortress will see an instant productivity boost.

[DFPongo]

Seems to have helped, thanks.