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[Bac]

@Ed Boy:
Yes, they have access. Here's a little pic:

That farm started running after I designed the trees for chopping.

@Xenoc:
But they do build beds or doors ... And if removed from the squad they still don't do a thing about the wood. Right now I have 4 dwarves with the labor enabled, only one dwarf in the squad, and still nothing (and yes, I did embark with 2 axes). What bugs me also is the lack of mention in the job list, I thought it would at least be present as inactive.

[xDarkz]

@Xenoc: Thanks for the reply, yeah..it's a bummer the military training system is still slightly bugged. I'm talking about preparing them to enlist in the military. I read somewhere that operating the bump can grant them stamina or something like that, but I don't see any way to check.

[Bac]

@wDarkz:
"Thoughts and preferences"  screen lists the physical attributes as well, if a dwarf becomes tougher it should show (I guess).
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Attribute

@Others:
I guess the only option I have left to get this wood is to either A) kill one of my axemen or B) make another axe?

[Flaede]

if you have any wood, a training axe can cut down trees.

[Xenoc]

@Bac - doesn't matter that you've deactivated them - once a dwarf has been in the military he essentially becomes useless for anything else.  I am also assuming you haven't gone into the military equipment menu to change their off-duty equipment status.  by default the remain in uniform, meaning that your two axedwarves - even when you de-mil them - are still carrying around the two axes, preventing any other dwarves from accessing them.

Go into your military menu, and change the squad so that they are not in uniform when off duty.  Then deactivate the squad.  With a bit of luck the axedwarves should put the axes down, letting your other dwarves have a go with them.

[xDarkz]

Woah! My dwarves are actually sparring. With "Spar" on their job and units descriptions
Did Toady fix the sparring issue? o_o

Edit: Two are sparring, another two has "Go to Sparring Match" as their job. Kickass.

[Osmosis Jones]

Sparring should occur when you have a sufficiently well trained military (and possibly well equipped) that the squad leader feels safe letting the recruits spar. Both sparring and demonstrations (whereby a dwarf demonstrates their ability to kick, bite, fence, whatever, to the rest of the squad) have been in (and at least partially functional) since 31.01 (I've seen it in .01, .02, .05 & .06), but I have no idea how to consistently get that behaviour, beyond knowing that it is extremely helpful to have a militia commander with at least some organizing experience.

[heuristicus]

Nobody answered before, so again:

Where does the file from export image/info from world generation go in the DF folders?

Also, is there any way I can check attributes of my dwarves before I embark.  I currently have a miner who can dig about 20 tiles and then gets tired.  Would've been nice to know beforehand.

[Lord Shonus]

The exported image/info goes in the main DF folder, at least on windows.

You can view dwarves' profiles on embark exactly like you can in game.

[Flaede]

Nobody answered before, so again:

Where does the file from export image/info from world generation go in the DF folders?

Also, is there any way I can check attributes of my dwarves before I embark.  I currently have a miner who can dig about 20 tiles and then gets tired.  Would've been nice to know beforehand.

It goes into the main DF folder.
You can (v)iew your dwarves' specifics in the "prepare carefully" screen before embark. you can also (c)ustomize their names, if that's your thing.

[ZiggyPox]

hello everyone, i cant get throught this little problem

my hunter/animal trainer have catch some vermins and tammed them but i can't find the way to remove them from animal traps.
I'v tried to puting them into cages and then releasing, but my dorks are puting them BACK into empty traps ;/.

[Sphalerite]

Tamed vermin are normally impossible to release to wander around like that.  They're either in a cage, an animal trap, or being carried around by their owner.  If you really want to you can build a cage, put them in the cage, link a lever to the cage and have a dwarf pull it to open the cage and release them.  Then you can watch your dwarves run around trying to recapture them and put them back in an animal trap.

What you do with tame vermin is either stick them in a cage on display somewhere, or make them available for adoption.  If a dwarf likes a vermin animal that's tame and available for adoption, he'll take it and carry it around with him everywhere.

[ZiggyPox]

oh well, i hoped that they will wander around waiting for their new owner.
Thnx for fast answer

[Barbu]

Fourth fortress, first year, I'm running out of alcool and the nearby brook is frozen. I attempted to channel the water to an artificial lake during the autumn but I couldn't get it to be digged in time. As I remembered from one of my previous experimentation, ice melts when they are brought inside fortresses(though I couldn't tell you I'm 100% sure about that). So now, I told my dwarves to go ahead and mine the ice to get ice chunks. And now, it seems I can't find a way to tell my dwarves to pick those cubes up and move them. I tried to dump them using a designated garbage dump zone(the only currently on the map) as well as using a pond zone.

I searched throught the forum and alas, couldn't find an answer so, could any of you guys help me?
Version: 0,31,08.

[Keuran]

See if you can get a couple dwarves harvesting any shrubs on the map with d->p and set your woodworker to make barrels on repeat for brewing. Brewing doesn't need water, and once the ice forms in autumn, there's nothing you can do to stop it. I recently lost 2 forts to forgetting to prepare for the big freeze. Next time, you should assign a herbalist from your starting seven and start foraging right from day one until you can get some wild strawberries or set up an underground farm.

Another option is to start digging straight down as fast as you can in the hopes of hitting the first cavern or an aquifer, as those never freeze.