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[ottottott]

Yeah I had an idea like that but the problem is I got no military. I limited myself at 25 dwarves. I got a load of war dogs though. Maybe I could make a little war dogs vs goblins arena... If the goblins win I set them free. Nah not really. Cage traps at the "exit". I doubt I'm actually gonna do that though.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Do you have a group of dwarves that are almost always idling? If so, give them axes and armor, strip the goblins naked, and toss them together. Hell, you get free armor from the goblins themselves.

[ottottott]

Nah... I do have about 10 idlers at once but they aren't the same dwarves. I got jobs for everyone. But if I could take the goblins stuff then I might know something to do. How do I take their stuff away?

[Urist Imiknorris]

d-b-d over their cages, undesignate the cages themselves, have an active garbage dump zone, d-b-c the zone when done.

[Flaede]

What should I do with the leftover captured goblins? I could just kill them in magma but is there anything else to do with them?

if you drop them into your cavern system, they can distract the FB for you. (or just exit via the cavern edge, whichever they manage first)

[yossarian]

This is a UI question, so the answer is probably "no"... When you zoom to a creature or item from the units or stocks menu, is it possibly to jump straight back where you were in that menu? Currently I have to press Esc, go to the stocks/unit menu, scroll to where I was, etc. I'm using the phoebus graphics, if that makes any difference.

[Vertibird]

as far as i know, it is "no"

[Robert]

My little question is:
 Does anyone know the average first sightings of enemy conflict? Like about how long it will take you to get your first kolbold thief, or how long it takes until you are sieged by goblins? If its not time based, please lemme know.

[EDIT:] Also, do the blocks of materials, say wood blocks, function 100% the same (other than being able to be stored in bins) as their non-block counterpart?

[Vertibird]

My little question is:
 Does anyone know the average first sightings of enemy conflict? Like about how long it will take you to get your first kolbold thief, or how long it takes until you are sieged by goblins? If its not time based, please lemme know

it is based primarily on your created wealth. Goblin kidnappers begin to appear, once you have children in your fortress-not much for them to catch otherwise.
Ambushers arrive with the caravans, or some time close to it. It is unlikely, that poor fortress will attract someone else basides kobolds.

[StrawberryBunny]

Also, do the blocks of materials, say wood blocks, function 100% the same (other than being able to be stored in bins) as their non-block counterpart?

Blocks and logs/stones are functionally identical. Blocks let you build "Smooth X Block Wall" as opposed to "Rough X Wall"; I believe these have a higher value and thus make your fort worth more.

[Robert]

Amazing, thanks

[JAFANZ]

Also, do the blocks of materials, say wood blocks, function 100% the same (other than being able to be stored in bins) as their non-block counterpart?

Blocks and logs/stones are functionally identical. Blocks let you build "Smooth X Block Wall" as opposed to "Rough X Wall"; I believe these have a higher value and thus make your fort worth more.

Not entirely true.

AFAIK "Blocks" can be used for Construction & Buildings, but not Fabbing. IOW, Blocks can be used for higher value Walls & Workshops, but not Beds, Buckets, Barrels, Bins, etcetera.

[Khift]

Is there any possible way to make peace with a civilization? One single human diplomat left unhappy, and now I've been sieged by them twice. I'd like it to stop and get my caravans back if at all possible -- hell, I'd even resort to modding, because this behavior is complete crap. I've had past games where a dozen human caravans died and they never declared, but this time a single diplomat leaving unhappy is enough to provoke war evidently.

[Sphalerite]

A diplomat leaving unhappy should not trigger war.  War shouldn't happen unless you kill the diplomat.

If you keep killing their sieges, they should eventually send a diplomat to make a peace treaty.

[Tsarwash]

Also, do the blocks of materials, say wood blocks, function 100% the same (other than being able to be stored in bins) as their non-block counterpart?

Blocks and logs/stones are functionally identical. Blocks let you build "Smooth X Block Wall" as opposed to "Rough X Wall"; I believe these have a higher value and thus make your fort worth more.

Not true, I believe. You cannot make gypsum plaster out of gypsum blocks. My militia commander found this out the difficult way. I'm not sure about other types of block such as lignite.


Edit. My Dwarven Liason officer left the edge of the screen via the caverns 15 layers down ? Unorthodox, but has anybody else seen it happen ?