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[Africa]

This one's been bugging me. When I first started playing DF I used the Dystopian Rhetoric ezpack with D.R. graphics and Guybrush tileset. In 2010 I tried using those same display settings but it didn't work - I think because the DR graphics haven't been updated for the new version. Is there any way I could get these graphics working in DF2010? I'm using the Mike Mayday graphics now and while nothing's wrong with them, I don't think I'll ever be able to truly get used to graphics other than the ones I started playing with.

Although I do really like the diagonal walls thing...I'll have to see about keeping a tileset that has those.

[Tylui]

Is there a way to empty a barrel? Apparently they're all full of food, not drink, and I have no water on my map. My dwarves are going to dehydrate if I don't empty a barrell... Eek!

[Cyntrox]

My poor, unconscious soldier isn't being brought to my hospital... I've got at least 2 idle people with "Recover wounded" enabled, and I've got a hospital (with tables and beds). What could be wrong?

Edit: He was eventually dragged to the hospital and being sutured, wooo! I have now idea what caused it to happen, though, and I was looking away at the time...

[DFPongo]

Under what category to you equip with anvils?
doh, had to free up some cash to see anvils.

[Commiesalami]

Im having a bit of key binding trouble on my laptop keyboard.  The Delete/Backspace key doesn't actually delete text it only makes little triangles.  I'm using mayday's Tile-set manually installed on my mac if that is any help.

Also in Mayday's Tile-set is anyone else getting gypsum to be a completely black tile exactly the same as something that's hidden?

[geoduck]

Is there a way to empty a barrel? Apparently they're all full of food, not drink, and I have no water on my map. My dwarves are going to dehydrate if I don't empty a barrell... Eek!

I'm not sure this will work, but one possibility:

Create a new food stockpile. Hit q, move the cursor over it and change the "max barrel" amount to zero. Deconstruct (part?) of the current food stockpile that has the barrels.

Also, don't forget you can make barrels out of metal. But you need magma or at least coal, and if you have no wood for barrels..

[nickbii]

Is there a way to empty a barrel? Apparently they're all full of food, not drink, and I have no water on my map. My dwarves are going to dehydrate if I don't empty a barrell... Eek!

If the stockpile idea doesn't work you could try forbidding all your barrels except one. Also all unbarreled food Your dwarves will have to take their food from that barrel, and it'll be empty soon. This'll take some micromanagement, tho, so be prepared.

The easiest thing to do is probably make a bunch more barrels, especially if you have access to metal ore, an anvil, and magma. Copper or iron barrels work fine, and if you're playing DF2010 you've got ore to spare.

[Poot]

How does one unnassign war beasts? Further, how do I prevent said war animals from going into a burrow when I set an alert for civilians to go?

[Solace]

I made a pit, under which I built the entrance to a cavern (because why defend two entrances when I can defend one ). However, asking dwarves to take anything out of the pit, copper ore or spider webs, causes "cannot access" spam. No burrows going on, and I know they can access the pit, because, well, it was dug, and they have no problem gathering up claimed items from dead goblins from in there.

[Murgen]

Are dwarves still unable to use mauls and great axes?

[Sphalerite]

How does one unnassign war beasts? Further, how do I prevent said war animals from going into a burrow when I set an alert for civilians to go?

You don't.  Once assigned to a dwarf war dogs (or war elephants, or whatever) can't be unassigned, and will follow their owners everywhere.

[Fatty Limes]

so i have some goblins in some cages. If let them out of their cages in the caverns below my fortress and lock them in there, will i still get combat reports about the things they're doing/running into/being attacked by as they wander around?

[Double A]

Do doors set to external raise the value of the room? Cause my tomb has two masterwork doors and I want to be able to flaunt them in the nobles' faces when they arrive.

Also are tame non-war animals hostile to enemies if they get close (cats, bulls, giant desert scorpions, etc)?

[Particleman]

In 31.12, do dwarves with assigned bedrooms still just pick the nearest bed to sleep in regardless of who owns it?

[Lord Shonus]

Do doors set to external raise the value of the room? Cause my tomb has two masterwork doors and I want to be able to flaunt them in the nobles' faces when they arrive.

Also are tame non-war animals hostile to enemies if they get close (cats, bulls, giant desert scorpions, etc)?

No and Yes, respectively.