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[Tsarwash]

Glass. I made a few bins of raw clear glass, as the first step towards a glass ceiling. When I tell them to make glass blocks, they make them out of sand and pearlash, so is this raw glass good for anything ? can you use them to make glass blocks or windows ? maybe glass floor hatches ?

[Laurin]

Raw glass is like a gem.
To build something out of glass you need glass blocks - also made of white sand and pearlash for clear glass.

[Afelia Fail]

Uuummmm...

Guys, i got a little question (It is little questions thread, Isn't it?). I set up my military, and assigned everyone weapons I would like them to learn how to use, but they keeping to learn each other wrestling, or marksmanship, holding weapons in their hands. I don't want them to learn/teach wrestling! I want them to spar and learn how to use the weapon they are holding? What should I consider of?

Thanks

Anyone? 

[Urist Imiknorris]

What does the symbol that looks like an uncut gem in the new phoebus 31.13 mean when it stands next to a weapon? It's like a bigger "masterful" symbol.

It is the ☼masterwork☼ identifier. The symbol you're thinking of is *superior* quality.

[vassock]

So does anyone know why my dwarves won't get full steel armor? It's available and assigned as a uniform, but they keep coming to the station point with one or two pieces missing.

[vassock]

When I pick a specific piece of armor for a dwarf, what do the parentheses around a piece of armor mean?

When I assigned more than 1 dwarf to a squad, do I have to be careful what armor I choose for each one? Is armor already chosen for one dwarf not made unavailable for the second dwarf I equip?

[Urist Imiknorris]

The parentheses mean that the item was imported, being worn by invaders, or otherwise produced outside of your fort.

IIRC, yes you do have to worry about assigning multiple dwarves the same item. As for why they don't pick up their crap, I don't know.

[vassock]

The parentheses mean that the item was imported, being worn by invaders, or otherwise produced outside of your fort.

IIRC, yes you do have to worry about assigning multiple dwarves the same item. As for why they don't pick up their crap, I don't know.

So far, I have only had total success in having one squad with one dwarf with custom selecting each piece of equipment.

[vassock]

For organization purposes, I order my dwarves to wear armor instead of clothing. Are there any disadvantages to this? Mail shirt, breastplate, helm, left/right gauntlet, shield, 2 high boots, greaves and weapon should cover all bases, right?

[vassock]

Okay, what is going on? 2 of my dwarves in a squad are missing a gauntlet each and each of them has a backpack with plump helmets instead.

Apparently, they don't want to carry a second gauntlet if there is no gauntlet of the same craftsdwarship available. Is this normal?

[TheWealthyAardvark]

A few questions:

1. Do flying creatures ever "land" and trigger pressure plates?
2. Does a flying creature with the [BUILDINGDESTROYER] token need to be over solid ground in order to destroy a building (such as a raised bridge)?
3. Can [BUILDINGDESTROYER]s destroy pressure plates and levers? If so, are the plates/levers triggered when destroyed?
4. What do the members of sieges, ambushes, and other hostile creatures path to? Will hostile creatures with the [BUILDINGDESTROYER] token path to buildings before the other targets?

[Lord Shonus]

What does the symbol that looks like an uncut gem in the new phoebus 31.13 mean when it stands next to a weapon? It's like a bigger "masterful" symbol.

It is the ☼masterwork☼ identifier. The symbol you're thinking of is *superior* quality.

The ? menu has a list of all quality modifiers, so you can easily check.

[vassock]

Have people had some interesting games with low population caps? I find that if I have close to the limit (200?) dwarves, I get lots of dwarves that do nothing all day, grow so much food the stockpile becomes full quickly, and so on. I was thinking of limiting it to maybe 20 so that I can make a room for each dwarf. Have some people here tried this?

[Urist Imiknorris]

A few questions:

1. Do flying creatures ever "land" and trigger pressure plates?
2. Does a flying creature with the [BUILDINGDESTROYER] token need to be over solid ground in order to destroy a building (such as a raised bridge)?
3. Can [BUILDINGDESTROYER]s destroy pressure plates and levers? If so, are the plates/levers triggered when destroyed?
4. What do the members of sieges, ambushes, and other hostile creatures path to? Will hostile creatures with the [BUILDINGDESTROYER] token path to buildings before the other targets?

1. Yes, they only need to be on the same z-level to trigger traps. The game assumes they're walking, which they probably would be.
2. Raised bridges are invulnerable. I'm not sure about the actual answer, but my instinct says no.
3. Levers yes, pressure plates no. No.
4. Sieges path to your dwarves, ambushers path to lone, vulnerable units. I believe building destroyers only destroy buildings if they're going through that general area anyway.

[Bao]

Before, the top of the game screen was covered by the bar with "Dwarf Fortress" for the window at the top. I want to know how to get rid of that, but also, my game, for some reason, zoomed in a bunch, and now there's more top gone and the far right is also gone, and it's annoying. What do I need to do?