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[coinich]

What is the terminology for the biggest fattest size a cow or bull can attain?

American?

Sorry, sorry, I hate that stereotype myself...

Is there any way to remove all traces of a former fortress from a world without wiping the world itself?

[DeathDomino]

How can I tame exotic animals without a dungeon master? (I think he's bugged)

[Toast024]

I have a miserable Dwarf who won't kill himself even though I set up a water pit just for him. He just wanders around all day, and he is wasting fps. For some odd reason. he won't die of hunger (It has been several seasons). How do I get him to that pond?

[Lancensis]

I have a miserable Dwarf who won't kill himself even though I set up a water pit just for him. He just wanders around all day, and he is wasting fps. For some odd reason. he won't die of hunger (It has been several seasons). How do I get him to that pond?

He is Melancholy, I take it, not just miserable? Miserable dwarves can get over it. Anyway, Mad, and Melancholic dwarves don't actively try to kill themselves, they just don't avoid dangerous areas, (try it in Adventure mode) and presumebly move randomly. You could try assigning him to a burrow, and then unleashing some horror on him (I don't yet know if they can be assigned to burrows when insane)

[debvon]

Sorry if this has already been asked/solved/addressed, I'm sure it has but I can't find it for the life of me.

I was able to get my squad into training by using the workaround, and the arsenal dwarf got them equipped, but when I switched their uniforms to copper from wooden.. well, they went and equipped the new items (copper axes and shields) but they never dropped the OLD stuff.

So all of them had two axes and two shields equipped, and seemed to be using neither. Maybe they were using them but when I checked the skill screen, I couldn't find the axedwarf skill anymore.

Sort of confused. Again, sorry, but if anybody has an answer I'd be grateful. What's going on here? What do I need to do?

[Sphalerite]

How can I tame exotic animals without a dungeon master? (I think he's bugged)

Edit the animal raw files to make them [PET] instead of [PET_EXOTIC].

[DangerHelvetica]

I've got a lot of goblin skeletons and pieces lying around. I'd rather be able to do something with them than atom smash them. Since it appears carving their bones is no longer an option, anyone have any ideas?

[zane314]

Is there a way in 31.04 to do the "all dwarves stay indoors" order? The o->i menu that the wiki claims was in 40d isn't there.

[Misfed]

I have an issue. Some time into my brand new beautiful fortress, my smelters have decided they are no longer accepting any new orders. The old orders that I have on repeat stay on the list and they keep pushing them out, but when I try to add new things I get the message about no tasks being available despite there being plenty of both raw material and fuel. Also, my tanners are refusing to tan anything. They have no other labors active, I butcher things yet they stand around staring into emptiness. Is there something I am missing here?

e: Magma smelters seem to work just fine.

[debvon]

Is there a way in 31.04 to do the "all dwarves stay indoors" order? The o->i menu that the wiki claims was in 40d isn't there.

Oh wow I'd like to know the answer to this as well, I was raided and literally every dwarf (save three) ran out in single file and got stabbed to death. Restricted traffic, forbidden objects, and job cancellations didn't help much for some reason. There was so much clutter outside that I couldn't tell what people were going after.

[Lumbajak]

So I just came back after a couple months and realize my old thread is the main one being used now, miraculously.

My little question is how did this happen?

(And also to ask what's more dwarfy, having the Captain of the Guard cuddle with his pet GCS on the way to battle, or using cats as projectile weapons?)


Oh also

Is there a way in 31.04 to do the "all dwarves stay indoors" order? The o->i menu that the wiki claims was in 40d isn't there.

Oh wow I'd like to know the answer to this as well, I was raided and literally every dwarf (save three) ran out in single file and got stabbed to death. Restricted traffic, forbidden objects, and job cancellations didn't help much for some reason. There was so much clutter outside that I couldn't tell what people were going after.

The old stay indoors command was removed and replaced with burrows. You have to set burrow areas yourself. It takes more effort than the old system but it's much, much better in practice.

I have an issue. Some time into my brand new beautiful fortress, my smelters have decided they are no longer accepting any new orders. The old orders that I have on repeat stay on the list and they keep pushing them out, but when I try to add new things I get the message about no tasks being available despite there being plenty of both raw material and fuel. Also, my tanners are refusing to tan anything. They have no other labors active, I butcher things yet they stand around staring into emptiness. Is there something I am missing here?

e: Magma smelters seem to work just fine.

Never heard of anything like this. Sounds like a bug.

[zergl]

Is there a way in 31.04 to do the "all dwarves stay indoors" order? The o->i menu that the wiki claims was in 40d isn't there.

Oh wow I'd like to know the answer to this as well, I was raided and literally every dwarf (save three) ran out in single file and got stabbed to death. Restricted traffic, forbidden objects, and job cancellations didn't help much for some reason. There was so much clutter outside that I couldn't tell what people were going after.

The old stay indoors command was removed and replaced with burrows. You have to set burrow areas yourself. It takes more effort than the old system but it's much, much better in practice.

This. Define one or multiple indoor burrows, make a new alert for being under attack (m-a) and define these burrows to that alert. Civvies are now assigned to those burrows while you set this alert active (also m-a screen, the active alert for civvies is seen by the green [CIV] tag).

I have an issue. Some time into my brand new beautiful fortress, my smelters have decided they are no longer accepting any new orders. The old orders that I have on repeat stay on the list and they keep pushing them out, but when I try to add new things I get the message about no tasks being available despite there being plenty of both raw material and fuel. Also, my tanners are refusing to tan anything. They have no other labors active, I butcher things yet they stand around staring into emptiness. Is there something I am missing here?

e: Magma smelters seem to work just fine.

Are the Smelters inside a burrow without fuel or raw ingredients access? There's a bug with smelter type buildings and burrows at the moment in that they don't accept any orders even if the burrow has no furnace operating dorfs assigned and your problem might be a variant of that.

[Misfed]

Are the Smelters inside a burrow without fuel or raw ingredients access? There's a bug with smelter type buildings and burrows at the moment in that they don't accept any orders even if the burrow has no furnace operating dorfs assigned and your problem might be a variant of that.

Yep, that was the case and now it works like a charm. Thanks a bunch!

[debvon]

Ahh thanks for the help with the burrows! That'll be great in my next fortress.

[Fizzikx]

This may have already been asked but here goes. In Dwarf Fortress 2010, is there a way to release a Gobin after it is in a cage?

Build the cage.  Build a lever.  Link the lever to the cage.   Tell a dwarf to pull the lever.

There are other ways, but this one seems to be the most reliable in my experience.

Thanks a mil! I'll give this a shot =)
PS Why didnt I think of that first?? hrmm Time to update the Wiki