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Lord Shonus

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4335 on: October 14, 2010, 07:07:33 am »

To clarify: In 31.XX, dwarves no longer stop what they are doing the instant that they get hungry/thirsty. Civilians generally are not too badly affected by this in more recent versions, but soldiers are, if they are not provided with rations and waterskins. Leave them out to long, they get dehydrated, which triggers a "water dwarf" order.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4336 on: October 14, 2010, 12:06:52 pm »

Ah, okay. I shall order waterskins and backpacks made.
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A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

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« Reply #4337 on: October 14, 2010, 12:20:48 pm »

Keep in mind that if they're 'on duty' dwarves can be really thirsty or hungry but will not stop sparring or keeping their station. This often happens if a squad of 10 is set to train for example with a minimum of 10 dwarves. They all train without any breaks.
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« Reply #4338 on: October 14, 2010, 12:21:51 pm »

Is there a way to make civilian dwarves use waterskins to drink while working? or is the solution just having booze stockpiles all over the place.

And second question... how do dwarves choose the type of drink they will have? Do they always go for their preference if available, do they pick up whatever is closest, or is it a more complicated algorithm somewhere in between?
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4339 on: October 14, 2010, 01:37:07 pm »

Argh. Why isn't diagnosis happening? This guy's been mangled by a goblin thief, and won't recover.

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It happened while I wasn't looking, apparently. Yay for AI.
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4340 on: October 14, 2010, 02:00:14 pm »

And make sure the barracks is built from a weapon rack or an armor stand, otherwise they'll do nothing in it but sleep.

I've been hearing this a lot lately, yet my dwarfs train with my barracks made from a bed. If it helps I do have a weapon and armor stands encompassed by the barracks, but they were just for decoration to help keep moral up.

A quick question, if I have tables and chairs in my barracks, will it help improve stationed dwarfs moral? I was thinking about making a military academy away from my main fortress.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4341 on: October 14, 2010, 03:33:15 pm »

Okay. A cast was going to be applied, but was cancelled because the dwarf in question wasn't resting. The guy with the cast got very close, then the patient got up for a drink.
Is it gonna be applied when the guy goes to sleep, or is it just going to be skipped now he's gone back to work?
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4342 on: October 14, 2010, 03:48:20 pm »

Can i set this the "Accept all rejected" option before lauching the world gen ?
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4343 on: October 14, 2010, 07:09:18 pm »

I have a few caged goblin thieves. Wtf do I DO with them?
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

proxn_punkd

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4344 on: October 14, 2010, 07:13:29 pm »

Strip their armor/weapons and toss them to the military for practice.
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« Reply #4345 on: October 14, 2010, 07:50:05 pm »

And what about the giantess I just caught?
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4346 on: October 14, 2010, 08:11:40 pm »

TBH, I still have problems with the goblins, so... uh... magma?
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« Reply #4347 on: October 14, 2010, 08:16:13 pm »

I shall put her in the pile of cages to toss into the magma when I get down to it.

Currently, I'm just trying to get the military strong enough to go caving. It's not easy, considering a goblin mangled a few arms.
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The *large serrated steel disk* strikes the Raven in the head, tearing apart the muscle, shattering the skull, and tearing apart the brain!
A tendon in the skull has been torn!
The Raven has been knocked unconcious!

Elves do it in trees. Humans do it in wooden structures. Dwarves? Dwarves do it underground. With magma.

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4348 on: October 14, 2010, 09:08:08 pm »

What can I do with gypsum other than use it for casts which don't work?

I can't seem to build floors of buildings or anything with it =/
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #4349 on: October 14, 2010, 10:34:02 pm »

Hey ho!

Any way to tell before embarking whether your Evil biome is full of zombies or fanciful creatures? My suspicions are that the grey and red evil lands are zombified, and the purple ones are fanciful, but I'd hate to waste time guessing when I could be asking!

EDIT: Also, what biomes will Sliver Barbs grow in? According to the wiki, they need evil and dry. Scrape'm out of badlands? Savannah dry enough? Safe bet that the moist tropical forest is out...
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