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Author Topic: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread  (Read 1152099 times)

SenorPez

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2100 on: July 21, 2010, 03:34:26 pm »

Can you use 3 floodgates attached to a lever as a gate to keep intruders out? (non-buildingdestroyers, anyway)

Sure, at 3 times the cost and work of a bridge.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2101 on: July 21, 2010, 03:49:30 pm »

He's right, a much easier solution would be a bridge built over a 1x3 hole.
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« Reply #2102 on: July 21, 2010, 04:03:02 pm »

For an airlock, better to use doors.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2103 on: July 21, 2010, 04:04:38 pm »

I have too many floodgates, that's why I'm asking. And I can't place doors in the middle of a hallway.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2104 on: July 21, 2010, 04:08:33 pm »

Oh, right. Much more important question.

Do stealthed enemies trigger pressure plates?
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2105 on: July 21, 2010, 05:05:39 pm »

Alright, my Jewler just got a strange mood, and somehow set a green tourmaline on a perfect green tourmaline. Or something. It wasn't a cut gem strange mood, if that's possible, because she is now legendary in gem setting.

What kind of stockpile would this super tourmaline go in?
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2106 on: July 21, 2010, 05:11:53 pm »

1. Don't triple post. There is an edit button for a reason.

2. The cut gem will be stored in a goods stockpile, just like all other craft artifacts.

3. Yes, stealthed enemies can trigger pressure plates, just like they can trigger traps. I'm not sure whether or not this unstealths them.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2107 on: July 21, 2010, 06:12:44 pm »

Sorry about the triple post...

But thanks, I'll make a finished goods stockpile somewhere to put it.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2108 on: July 21, 2010, 06:56:26 pm »

Does a well need to be a meeting place for dwarfs to be able to drink from it? Or perform any other tasks?

If not, is there any harm in using zoning to create a meeting place around the well? This way I have a meeting place with a well and I avoid unwanted parties.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2109 on: July 21, 2010, 08:07:37 pm »

How do you get a dwarf to place a dead dwarf in a coffin? The guy died before I had a graveyard or burial receptacle set up.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2110 on: July 21, 2010, 08:08:29 pm »

How do you get a dwarf to place a dead dwarf in a coffin? The guy died before I had a graveyard or burial receptacle set up.
You need to place the coffin and set it to "Use for burial"

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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2111 on: July 21, 2010, 09:08:07 pm »

Does a well need to be a meeting place for dwarfs to be able to drink from it? Or perform any other tasks?

If not, is there any harm in using zoning to create a meeting place around the well? This way I have a meeting place with a well and I avoid unwanted parties.

1. It will work fine as a water source without setting it as a meeting place.

2. The danger of making it meeting place is that your dwarves can fall in and drown. There's also an increased danger of flooding. I have found it's best to stick the well by itself in a small deadend behind at least one door.
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2112 on: July 21, 2010, 11:35:18 pm »

I have a possessed bowyer (joy), and he needs bones. I have a pretty well stocked up refuse pile and graveyard full of bones. What do I have to do to make this guy take the bones?
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Re: The DF2010 Little Questions Thread
« Reply #2113 on: July 21, 2010, 11:48:25 pm »

He doesn't need a bone, he needs a shell.

Fishing is the best way to get shells. If that isn't doable, the wiki entry for "shells" will show you how to modify the mods so that you can use cow parts instead.
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« Reply #2114 on: July 21, 2010, 11:52:32 pm »

... nope, he needed bone. Dog bone, in fact. He just took a season (and being mostly walled in) to think about it. I am now the proudish owner of a blowgun, which I think I cannot make ammo for.
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