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[nickbii]

And since bucklers are handless (irl) then they should be able to use them, right?

Also, can wagons cross brooks like dwarves, animals, etc?

Last I heard wagons did not exist in DF2010 because Toady was having trouble getting multi-tile creatures to work right.

In previous versions they could cross brooks. I actually used brooks as roads a few times. Trees can grow on land, and thus screw up the path to a Depot, but they can't grow in a Brook.

[Hangak]

Can you make ramps that face upsidedown? I'm trying to use them as stairs but they always slope from top to bottom.

[UmbrageOfSnow]

You can build/dig them on the level below the level your dwarf is currently on.  So it is an up ramp on that level, which amounts to a down ramp on the current level.

I'm disappointed your name isn't Hagnk.  You'd think there would be more DF/KOL overlap.

[heuristicus]

My militia commander has become attached to her Bismuth Bronze Mace.  What does this entail?

So far, I'm assuming that she'll get a negative thought if I were to forbid it or melt it, or some similar thing.

[win32anon]

I have a Athlon Xp 2.0ghz w/ Radeon 9600 PRO

What should I set in the init to get a better performace?

I want to improve my fps, I have already disabled weather/temperature but stills...

Also, in the game FPS is on an shows "FPS: 27 <13>" my fps is 27 or 13?

[Double A]

Use ramps, no rivers or brooks, butcher cats.

If I build a down staircase under a brook, and the wet symbol shows up under the stairs, does this mean the game still thinks you'll break through to the brook, or there's an aquifer?

And if there is an aquifer, if I build an up staircase on the level in question, will it not flood, or do I have to wait till I can harness my magma before I can bypass it and its evil wetness?

Also, is it worth mining out a wall with metal ore, and replacing it with a cheap stone wall, even if I'm not short on ore?

[tfaal]

That depends on how much your dwarves' time is worth. If your masons and miners all have better things to do, then no. If they're just sitting around, then it's trading a low value stone for high value ore. Go for it.

[Double A]

My miners are always doing stuff, but yeah, masons aren't.

It applies without saying for gems, I assume.

[Double A]

So... out of the blue, my carpenter just made a masterwork crutch.

Is there any point at all to this thing? It seems like a huge waste of potential trade gold. Like, does the crutch work better than a normal one, or should I just sell it to the next caravan?

[TomiTapio]

What should I set in the init to get a better performace?
Also, in the game FPS is on an shows "FPS: 27 <13>" my fps is 27 or 13?

Have a 2x2 embark area. Don't dig long corridors and don't open up the caves -- more area means slower pathing calculations. Don't have lots of pets.
you have 27 time-ticks per second and 13 screen draws per second.

[Double A]

So how long does it take for animals to mature? I want a breeding stock of horses, and my only male is a fowl.

[TomiTapio]

So how long does it take for animals to mature? I want a breeding stock of horses, and my only male is a fowl.

Your horse male is a bird?

Most domestic animals have [CHILD:1], so 1 year from birth they're adults but they might still grow in size after that.
[BODY_SIZE:2:0:5000] tells weight at certain target age. (2 years, 0 days : 5000 grams)

[Passive Fist]

Is there a way to make the game not pause on discovering damp/warm stone? The notification is enough, and the cancellation of the job is good, but the pausing is infuriating when I'm trying to collapse the whole river a floor.

[Solace]

I embarked on a sloped map with a partial aquifer, planning on that being my water source. I now cannot find the dang thing. So, three questions:

1. Easier way to find it than random digging on all z levels?

2. Any way to find what layers the aquifer was supposed to be on? It said it was on a pair of sand/loam types, but I seem to have about six so far.

3. Will I find the aquifer only in those sandloam types, or just on a specific z-level where they show up?

[Pwnzerfaust]

Does magma above ground (lava) eventually solidify?