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[nickbii]

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.

For future reference, the easiest thing to do in this cases is forbid everything outside. Hit d-b-f. Any object in the area you select will automatically be forbidden. You can do entire z-levels at once if you start from one corner and move to the other.

All jobs to get anything outside will automatically be cancelled, and the little dudes will go back inside as soon as they get a new job. Unforbidding is equally easy -- d-b-c

Nick

[coinich]

I breached a cavern level from above.  Whoopee.  I've since removed the stairs (what I could) and floored over the openings.  Yeah, I was stupid.    Anyways, will the floors keep the flying critters out?

[Sphalerite]

I breached a cavern level from above.  Whoopee.  I've since removed the stairs (what I could) and floored over the openings.  Yeah, I was stupid.    Anyways, will the floors keep the flying critters out?

Yep.  Constructions (including floors) are indestructible to everything but cave-ins and dwarven children.

[coinich]

Awesome, thanks.

[Osmosis Jones]

You should also know this; due to the way pahfinding is handled, flying creatures will not attempt to path to any point a walking creature could not reach (This is because the pathfinding system paints all connected regions as a single zone, and creatures can only path within their zone, irrespective of their flying abilities).

You can test this quite simply;

Spoiler: Concerns 'strange constructions' (click to show/hide)

embark on a map with a slade fortress, and reveal the fortress denizens somehow. You'll note that if you dig through a cliff one z-level up, so that walking creatures can't reach, the undead will all stay put, including the flying ones (one exception being I've encountered a bug where some of the undead run straight for the map edge and leave, but I think that is unrelated).

However, if you should make a walkable path between you and the fortress, they will all come boiling straight out and charge at you. The walking ones will run straight to the brand new path, while the flying ones will now attempt to fly through the closest entrance to your dwarves, even if it involves flying.

ONE thing to be wary off though; while a flying creature will not path into a non-connected region, they may happen to fly in a tile adjacent to one, e.g.

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#11*2   1 = region one
###22   2 = region two
###22   # = wall
###22   * = flying creature
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(side view)

which may end up with them attacking an unfortunate dwarf in the adjacent zone.

[hamburgerfan]

Is it possible for creatures to survive being thrown into a wall by a drawbridge? Because I have a plan for a future defense which involves catapulting enemies into a wall directly behind a pit, which they will fall into and be devoured by a tame lion.

[The Architect]

#1: Drawbridges fling creatures in completely random directions, all except for the two which make sense: In the direction of the drawbridge's motion, and up.

#2: Armed critters will wound and thus eventually kill your tamed lion(s). There is currently no healthcare for critters.

[hamburgerfan]

Damn. What about retracting? The pit could open up into a trap filled hallway, and the lion could be mostly for show I guess.

[culwin]

Why can't I train a war dog (war animal)?
I've got all kinds of dogs (and other animals).
They are tame, of course, and most of them are not pets.
But all I've ever gotten from the kennel is-

Animal Trainer cancels Train War Animal: No creature

[Kidiri]

Are those animals you want to train caged? That prevents them from being used for training. Release them, then try again.

[nickbii]

How long do successful ambushers stay on the map?

Four of them managed to go through my 18-man militia like a hot knife through butter. All in all they managed to kill 26 of my 40 dwarves, and I was only able to save the other 14 by locking them in their rooms. Now the survivors are dying of thirst, and I can't let them out until the Goblins go away.

[culwin]

Are those animals you want to train caged? That prevents them from being used for training. Release them, then try again.

No, they are running around all over.
Do they have to be adults?  I have lots of puppies but some adults too.

[Halo]

#2: Armed critters will wound and thus eventually kill your tamed lion(s). There is currently no healthcare for critters.

Are there any effective tamed creatures? The elves sold me a giant desert scorpion. While Citizen Snips is amazingly entertaining in the arena against disarmed gobbos, I've been wondering about setting him up at the front gate, or possibly guarding the underground cave entrance. Things in the caves are mostly unarmed creatures too, that might not be too bad.

[Deathworks]

Hi!

Are there any effective tamed creatures? The elves sold me a giant desert scorpion. While Citizen Snips is amazingly entertaining in the arena against disarmed gobbos, I've been wondering about setting him up at the front gate, or possibly guarding the underground cave entrance. Things in the caves are mostly unarmed creatures too, that might not be too bad.

I have not tested them on armed foes, but giant felines are quite nice - unless you have wild elephants on your map as the giant tigers will litter the map with dead elephants then.

I would think that the giant felines would do well against unarmed foes, but the normal animals are really weak (I had some bears, buzzards, and vultures involved with fighting a mortal forgotten beast, and it finished off a few of them before one the rest and one or two soldies killed it. Especially birds seem to be very weak.

Deathworks

[hamburgerfan]

Why can't I train a war dog (war animal)?
I've got all kinds of dogs (and other animals).
They are tame, of course, and most of them are not pets.
But all I've ever gotten from the kennel is-

Animal Trainer cancels Train War Animal: No creature

Do the dogs have names? If so, that means they're pets, and I don't think pets can be made into war dogs. They have to have the name Stray Dog 1, 2, etc.

#2: Armed critters will wound and thus eventually kill your tamed lion(s). There is currently no healthcare for critters.

Are there any effective tamed creatures? The elves sold me a giant desert scorpion. While Citizen Snips is amazingly entertaining in the arena against disarmed gobbos, I've been wondering about setting him up at the front gate, or possibly guarding the underground cave entrance. Things in the caves are mostly unarmed creatures too, that might not be too bad.

I had a lion guard the entrance to the caverns once. It kept the crundles from interrupting me 24/7. I believe putting him at the front gate would be a good idea too, as he would keep thieves away from your fort.