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[Naes Draw]

I'm running a custom above ground civ, and noticed that the Elf traders never say a word about the multitudes of trees felled to make houses and the like. They do come to trade, so they are at least somewhat friendly to me. Do they sometimes not care?
They haven't been modded.

 

Not that I'm arguing, I'm fairly sure they would trash the village if they got mad.

[Loyal]

Strangely, the criteria for the elves sending a diplomat is based not on your treefalls, but on how much wood you have in your stockpile when they arrive. If you're using your wood as fast as you cut it down, they'll never say a word.

[Quietust]

I've observed that Elves don't send their Diplomat until you become a Barony (or perhaps a County or Duchy).

[Naes Draw]

Ah. Then these guys shouldn't have to worry ANYTIME soon. Thanks.

[SkyRender]

Makes me glad there are no Elves left alive in the world I'm working in.  I went and slaughtered them all in Adventurer mode first, and now I keep a wood stockpile the size of a small forest.  Hooray for foresight!

[Grendus]

100 logs isn't a big problem, the real problem is they base the amount of wood they send you on how much wood you have (or, my theory is on how many empty wood stockpile squares you have). So you can't comply if you want anything but 120 db of wood. As always, you have to be tough with the elves - give them pitiful profits and butcher just barely short of their tree limits to get them to bring anything but wood or rope reed.

[100killer9]

Couldn't you just delete temporarily all of your wood stockpiles if you wanted happy elves?

[alway]

Or better yet, build a magma depot to keep your wood stockpiles happy.

[They Got Leader]

Elves don't always send diplomats. If you have >100 logs in a stockpile, then they will send an ambush, regardless of diplomats. I've never had them send diplomats to me, period. They always just attack.

[Psithief]

Hmm. Peaceful harmony with the elves can be achieved by not exporting home-made goods! Excellent! I hate that baron guy too.

[Lord OOTFD]

The elves care about the number of trees you've felled? I never had any problems with diplomats or ambushes in my longest fort, at 30 years with about 3000 logs in stockpiles. I thought toady removed that in 40d.

I know they harassed you in the earlier versions, but I never had problems, fort was steady with about 80 dorfs, and got to 85 in the later years, if it has something to do with the economy.

[Magil]

I believe those who posted earlier had it right: the diplomat won't arrive unless he has someone to meet with. Wood stockpiles probably don't have anything to do with it.

The dilpomat won't meet with your mayor, he/she needs an actual member of nobility; so at the very least, a baron.

[Quietust]

Elves don't always send diplomats. If you have >100 logs in a stockpile, then they will send an ambush, regardless of diplomats. I've never had them send diplomats to me, period. They always just attack.

Either your civ is already at war with the Elves, or you're doing something else to deliberately piss them off - I've had them send diplomats even when I had over 500 logs in my stockpiles, and all they do is ask me to cut down fewer trees (which I generally refuse).

[bmaczero]

Couldn't you just delete temporarily all of your wood stockpiles if you wanted happy elves?

I would guess that if it is based on current wood counts, it isn't based on how much wood is physically in a wood stockpile, but how many free logs there are on the map as a whole (logs measured as via stocks screen).