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[ed boy]

if you're muddying rock to make a farm, do you have to re-muddy?

[Cheddarius]

I think so. I flooded some peat (before realizing that I could farm on peat without muddying), and later it become non-muddy again.

[Alexei403]

if you're muddying rock to make a farm, do you have to re-muddy?

If you do, you don't have to do it for at least 100 dwarf years or so. It's basically indefinite...Still, best to be on the safe side.

[assimilateur]

Still, best to be on the safe side.

What he said. Under normal conditions, you don't have to re-irrigate, but setting your waterworks up in a way that would allow for relatively easy re-irrigation does make sense. That's because you might make the mistake of smoothing your muddied ruck floors, which supposedly (I say supposedly, because I don't remember ever trying that) also cleans and dries them.

[thobal]

Is it normal for the workshop (P)rofile  option to disappear and reappear at random?

[Fossaman]

Can tantrum-ing dwarves smash windows?

Kind of an important point for me, since smashed windows will equal a two-thirds flooded fortress. Which would be epic.

[DwarfOfDefeat]

as far as i know they can throw somthing at it other wize they wont bother glass

[Sphalerite]

Can tantrum-ing dwarves smash windows?

While I haven't seen a tantruming dwarf specifically destroy a window (never had a tantruming dwarf near a window long enough), windows do seem to be grouped with statues and doors and other furniture as far as building destroyers are concerned.  Tantruming dwarves will destroy furniture and workshops, so it wouldn't surprise me if they will destroy windows too.

[monk12]

Can tantrum-ing dwarves smash windows?

Kind of an important point for me, since smashed windows will equal a two-thirds flooded fortress. Which would be epic.

So Dwarf Atlantis?

[ed boy]

I want to build a thief detector over my main entranceway. Will the following work?

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#=wall
_=floor grate
E=entrance passage

#_#
EEEThe idea is that some animal is placed in the device, with a grate allowing to to see beneath. Will it be able to cover a 3-wide entrace passage?

[Corinthius]

@ed boy, that's a great idea! Try it and see how it works!

My question: are there any serious ramifications of an annoying baron "accidentally" getting killed?

[Vayre]

it won´t work, for kobolds and snatchers the animal or dwarf has to physically touch the thief, sight doesn´t work

[Skorpion]

I just use a squad of military as a thief detector. Works very well.

[Tcei]

@ed boy, that's a great idea! Try it and see how it works!

My question: are there any serious ramifications of an annoying baron "accidentally" getting killed?

If he happens to be liked you may get a few unhappy dwarves (not likely tho) other than that the worst is that you'lll get a new baron.

...That's because you might make the mistake of smoothing your muddied ruck floors, which supposedly (I say supposedly, because I don't remember ever trying that) also cleans and dries them.

I can confirm this.  I lost a glacier fort to starvation because of this.

[nil]

Is it normal for the workshop (P)rofile  option to disappear and reappear at random?

Not at random; however you need a manager to use workshop profiles.  If he dies, you will need to appoint a new one before they work again.