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[Acperience]

After you unforbid, they should be carried to your weapon stockpile if you have one.

[Particleman]

Being that Platinum is the heaviest metal in the game, what is its best use apart from warhammers? I've found a small vein of it 4 layers under the surface...

It's very valuable (tied with aluminum for the most valuable metal in the game, second only to cotton candy.) Consequently, you can easily use it to cause the value of a room to skyrocket by putting some masterwork platinum items in it (mechanisms, statues, or make a well from all platinum components.) If you want the most bang for your buck though, you'll need a legendary (or near legendary) metalcrafter. Which isn't to say it's not absurdly valuable without being made into a masterwork item, but platinum is pretty rare, so you  want to make the most of it.

[Stoup]

And the consensus seems to be that "the most of it" involves architectural deployment, rather than warfare? =P I'm more into piercing weapons for my military anyway, and steel can hold them off till I find the blue stuff

[Pukako]

So Urist McUselessimmigrant has some limited skill in mining and woodcutting.

As I can live with him multitasking, and need another part-time miner for the big jobs, I tried enabling both.  But that is apparently not allowed.  Any ideas why?  I considered not being able to carry around an axe and a pick at the same time, but everyone else seems to manage using different tools...

[Jorshamo]

Mining and woodcutting (and hunting) have special invisible uniforms that a assigned when a dwarf get the respective job. If a dwarf has both jobs enabled (Which I'm fairly certain can only be done through Therapist. Might be wrong), badthings™ happen. This is the same reason you shouldn't have any dwarf in you military have hunting, mining, or woodcutting active as a civilian job.

[rephikul]

Being that Platinum is the heaviest metal in the game, what is its best use apart from warhammers? I've found a small vein of it 4 layers under the surface...

Plat stone is the best catapult ammo, being heaviest.

[Kesc]

How do I produce weapons? How do I handle with metals and all that stuff?

[Acperience]

How do I produce weapons? How do I handle with metals and all that stuff?

I really think you should start looking on the wiki first
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
before asking the...really basic stuff.

[Ifeno]

I'm still a bit confused on the whole stone layers thing...it seems im on the metamorphic layer.  I'm looking for some iron ore and some coal to give my metal industry a little boost.  How far down do i have to dig to reach the sedementary layer?

[rephikul]

I'm still a bit confused on the whole stone layers thing...it seems im on the metamorphic layer.  I'm looking for some iron ore and some coal to give my metal industry a little boost.  How far down do i have to dig to reach the sedementary layer?

sedimentary layer is above metamorphic. Dig up!!

[Ifeno]

I'm still a bit confused on the whole stone layers thing...it seems im on the metamorphic layer.  I'm looking for some iron ore and some coal to give my metal industry a little boost.  How far down do i have to dig to reach the sedementary layer?

sedimentary layer is above metamorphic. Dig up!!

hmmm...thats what i thought, but i only have 2 z levels worth of mountain above me...thats a REAAALLY small sedemenatry layer which is really gonna slam the breaks on my metal industry.  Is there a chance of me having silver, copper and marble without being on the metamorphic layer?

[rephikul]

I'm still a bit confused on the whole stone layers thing...it seems im on the metamorphic layer.  I'm looking for some iron ore and some coal to give my metal industry a little boost.  How far down do i have to dig to reach the sedementary layer?

sedimentary layer is above metamorphic. Dig up!!

hmmm...thats what i thought, but i only have 2 z levels worth of mountain above me...thats a REAAALLY small sedemenatry layer which is really gonna slam the breaks on my metal industry.  Is there a chance of me having silver, copper and marble without being on the metamorphic layer?

Read on those stone in the raw or wiki. marble exist only in metamorphic, silver can show up in intrusive and copper show up everywhere as tetrahedrite... I think.

[Ifeno]

I'm still a bit confused on the whole stone layers thing...it seems im on the metamorphic layer.  I'm looking for some iron ore and some coal to give my metal industry a little boost.  How far down do i have to dig to reach the sedementary layer?

sedimentary layer is above metamorphic. Dig up!!

hmmm...thats what i thought, but i only have 2 z levels worth of mountain above me...thats a REAAALLY small sedemenatry layer which is really gonna slam the breaks on my metal industry.  Is there a chance of me having silver, copper and marble without being on the metamorphic layer?

Read on those stone in the raw or wiki. marble exist only in metamorphic, silver can show up in intrusive and copper show up everywhere as tetrahedrite... I think.

yea thats what i recall too...i was just surprised that the metamorphic layer could be so high up...guess i just got a weird map...n e way...

I have 1 more question for today before im hitting hte lights.  On the military equip screen my militia commander claims to be wearring everything ive assigned him to wear but his inventory sas otherwhise....how can i make him ACTUALY wear all his stuff?  i dont want him caught outside by an ambush AGAIN without armour....

[rephikul]

I have 1 more question for today before im hitting hte lights.  On the military equip screen my militia commander claims to be wearring everything ive assigned him to wear but his inventory sas otherwhise....how can i make him ACTUALY wear all his stuff?  i dont want him caught outside by an ambush AGAIN without armour....

assign station order or wait till he go to bed. He'd pick up the armors before following the station order or after waking up. Remember to set the armor order to wear them even when off duty.

[Ifeno]

I have 1 more question for today before im hitting hte lights.  On the military equip screen my militia commander claims to be wearring everything ive assigned him to wear but his inventory sas otherwhise....how can i make him ACTUALY wear all his stuff?  i dont want him caught outside by an ambush AGAIN without armour....

assign station order or wait till he go to bed. He'd pick up the armors before following the station order or after waking up. Remember to set the armor order to wear them even when off duty.

oooo the station order thing was a really good idea!  why didnt i come up with this myself? thanks for the tip! =D im off gnight