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[Jim Groovester]

z -> stocks

Provided you have a bookkeeper that has done enough work to improve precision, the stocks menu gives a list of every item on your map. It is an excellent tool.

Note that there are two modes, general and specific. Hitting tab switches between the two,

[Psilobe]

What does a purple pleasure pad mean? Does that mean it's linked correctly to my floor hatch which will drop my enemies a whopping 1z level leaving them having to walk back up around the wall?

[digitCruncher]

When you loo'k' over the farm tiles, are they listed as underground or above ground?

If above ground, you can only plant above ground crops in that location, and you likely don't have any above ground seeds. I suggest gathering some of them. This will also help with your desperate food shortage.

They are listed as 'Inside', 'Light' and 'Above Ground'

How do I make it into the damp subterrainian lair I know and love?? Do I need to *surround* it with walls and floors on all edges? I heard somewhere you can turn above ground lairs into subterrainian lairs by building a building around it... but I can't find it anymore.

[Valdoom]

I'm in the 4th year of my fortress.  I have over 1 million wealth, over 200,000 exported, 97 dwarves, and I'm in a sinitser area.  I've never been seiged...  I'm getting bored.  Any suggestions on getting some action going?

[Skorpion]

When you loo'k' over the farm tiles, are they listed as underground or above ground?

If above ground, you can only plant above ground crops in that location, and you likely don't have any above ground seeds. I suggest gathering some of them. This will also help with your desperate food shortage.

They are listed as 'Inside', 'Light' and 'Above Ground'

How do I make it into the damp subterrainian lair I know and love?? Do I need to *surround* it with walls and floors on all edges? I heard somewhere you can turn above ground lairs into subterrainian lairs by building a building around it... but I can't find it anymore.

You can't. Once the land is tainted by sunlight, it can never again be considered subterranean. A constructed roof can keep the harmful rays and sickening fresh air away, but it's tainted forever.
Rebuild it where the sun never shines.

That's not a euphemism, by the way. You can't make things subterranean again. Ever. Rebuild your farm where the sun has never shone.

[Firnagzen]

And plant some whip vvine there. Or Sunberries, if you have 'em.

[Grendus]

I'm in the 4th year of my fortress.  I have over 1 million wealth, over 200,000 exported, 97 dwarves, and I'm in a sinitser area.  I've never been seiged...  I'm getting bored.  Any suggestions on getting some action going?

Kill the human liaison and butcher the trees until the elves send a diplomat, then kill him too. Less trading, more killing, guaranteed.

[toker606]

Here's a small one, what can I do to stop my hunters getting slaughtered by packs of wolves when I'm not looking? I like the extra source of food, but usually within a season of one joining my fortress I get a message about him being unconscious, then when I go to check on them they're surrounded and being eaten alive.

[Skorpion]

Here's a small one, what can I do to stop my hunters getting slaughtered by packs of wolves when I'm not looking? I like the extra source of food, but usually within a season of one joining my fortress I get a message about him being unconscious, then when I go to check on them they're surrounded and being eaten alive.

Make them super. Train them up in pump operation or milling first, then draft them to spar and use crossbows, and undraft them to hunting before they get to Hero status.

[toker606]

Here's a small one, what can I do to stop my hunters getting slaughtered by packs of wolves when I'm not looking? I like the extra source of food, but usually within a season of one joining my fortress I get a message about him being unconscious, then when I go to check on them they're surrounded and being eaten alive.

Make them super. Train them up in pump operation or milling first, then draft them to spar and use crossbows, and undraft them to hunting before they get to Hero status.

Fair play, I can keep one back in the archery range for a while. One more little one - If I haven't met the requirements to have a king / queen come to my fortress before I've hit the population cap, will they come after this if the requirements are then met?

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As far as I know (note: do not take as given) they'll show up as part of a migration, so you'll need to be below the cap.

[toker606]

As far as I know (note: do not take as given) they'll show up as part of a migration, so you'll need to be below the cap.

That's what I figure too, but the population cap does seem to be somewhat lax, my last lot of immigrants brought it above the cap by a few, plus my dwarves are still breeding like bearded bunnies.

[Albedo]

As far as I know (note: do not take as given) they'll show up as part of a migration, so you'll need to be below the cap.

Don't think that's correct - they show up when a migration would normally happen.  If you're at your pop cap, you still get migrant nobles, np.

[toker606]

As far as I know (note: do not take as given) they'll show up as part of a migration, so you'll need to be below the cap.

Don't think that's correct - they show up when a migration would normally happen.  If you're at your pop cap, you still get migrant nobles, np.

That's good, I've already started decorating their rooms.

[Skorpion]

Here's a small one, what can I do to stop my hunters getting slaughtered by packs of wolves when I'm not looking? I like the extra source of food, but usually within a season of one joining my fortress I get a message about him being unconscious, then when I go to check on them they're surrounded and being eaten alive.

Make them super. Train them up in pump operation or milling first, then draft them to spar and use crossbows, and undraft them to hunting before they get to Hero status.

Fair play, I can keep one back in the archery range for a while. One more little one - If I haven't met the requirements to have a king / queen come to my fortress before I've hit the population cap, will they come after this if the requirements are then met?

Yes. They LOVE to push you over the cap.

But yeah, feel free to decorate their rooms with masterwork spikes and artifact mechanisms, with a mysterious lever outside.