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[twwolfe]

Urist McPeasant; I must have rough gems!

Me: alright, start mining that granite level we found!

in the span of 1 minute:
Urist McMiner: We've struck Native Silver! We've struck Native Gold! We've struck Native Platinum! We've struck Bismuthine!

Me; Well, that is awesome, but not what we're looking for. Keep digging!

The seasons pass, with no gems found.

Urist McPeasant has gone stark Raving mad!

2 seconds later...

You have struck Emerald!! You have struck Golden Beryl!

Me:  ( sends Urist McRandomDwarf to fight the Magma man)

[HmH]

When you see it, you will struck gems.

[The Architect]

When you see it, you will struck gems.

What he said!

?

[Djohaal]

What about when you -do- have gems but they aren't of the kind UristMcPosessed demands? 

[Asmodeous]

What about when you -do- have gems but they aren't of the kind UristMcPosessed demands? 

Then you wall the room he's in in and wait for him to die if the traders won't arrive in time so you can get him what he needs.

[Aspgren]

I've never had a situation when he demands a specific type of gem.

The only thing is that he might want rough gems and you've cut them all up.

[The Architect]

As far as I know there are no demands for specific materials, only types of materials. Spoiler-worthy materials are exceptions.

[Loyal]

I believe I've seen one case where a moody dwarf specifically demanded Bronze Bars. I don't quite remember how it got resolved though.

[Ashery]

I believe I've seen one case where a moody dwarf specifically demanded Bronze Bars. I don't quite remember how it got resolved though.

I've had that exact situation in my current fort.

When I saw him first take back some bronze bars, I forbade them in the workshop and went to the stocks menu and did the same for all but the most expensive metals. Immediately after, I noticed him just sitting in the workshop waiting. Wondering what the hell was going on, I checked his demands and lo and behold, "Urist demands bronze bars."

I've also had a specific demand for raw green glass in place of general gems, but the glass/gem relationship is different from bronze/metal.

[Lemunde]

If you had a glass furnace you could have made some raw glass and that would have counted, but I'm sure you knew that.  I guess for future reference, don't cut up all your gems.

[Ashery]

Heh.

I never cut up any gems.

I just import mass amounts of already cut sapphires, rubies, diamonds, etc. Rough gems are all saved for mood requirements. The one exception being if I'm on a sandless/magmaless map and have no other way to train a jeweler. If that's the case, then I'll cut up all of the common gems and leave the rarer ones for moods.

[The Architect]

Well training a cutter on actual gems is somewhat self-defeating. Putting that aside, could we get more details on the bronze business? I know that moods for weapons and armor will demand <spoiler> when it is discovered, but could it be that they sometimes demand the strongest metal available? Does that dwarf have a preference for Bronze?

I've heard that the absolutely-only-accept-favorite problem was a thing of the past, so that if they can't get it then they will eventually relent in the current version and pick something else before going nutz. I've also heard that demanding favorites doesn't even exist in the current version, though I've heard the opposite here and there. It would be nice if someone could point out a definitive example or reference!

[Ashery]

All I know is that after the dwarf paused in gathering mats, I 'q'ed the building and he was demanding bronze bars. Pretty sure I had a modest stockpile of steel at the time, and barring that, a massive stockpile of bronze, so it wasn't that.

From what I recall, he didn't have a preference for bronze, either. But I could be wrong there.

[Bauglir]

-snip-

[twwolfe]

BTW, anyone want the World gen info for this site?

There's Native platinum, Native aluminum, native silver, native gold, native copper, hematite, casserite, Bismuthine, A magma pipe, a magma pool, and an aquifer that i haven't managed to find yet. perfect for a metal-working industry, and I'm pretty sure you can import flux stone.