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[vassock]

Do well materials really make a difference? I built some gold chains, buckets and bars for my next one. Does the mechanism material matter?

[BlackRogue]

Do well materials really make a difference? I built some gold chains, buckets and bars for my next one. Does the mechanism material matter?

Higher quality materials will give a happiness boost. If a dwarf likes a material it will do the same thing.

[Pukako]

Burrows issue.

Suddenly two of my better craftsdwarfs head out to replace traps in the path of the goblin invasion and Urist McWFT? (fish dissector) heads out with no job to wander the wilderness.

What am I doing wrong? How do I make them just stay in the burrow?

I've heard it said that what a burrow actually means is "Nothing outside of this burrow is usable for any jobs you need to do."  Rather than "You must remain within this burrow."  So, a dwarf with No Job can still go wandering randomly anywhere his stupid little heart leads him.

Clearly the answer to that is to give them more work.  Lazy little nuggets.  For example, it's obviously extremely vital to your fortress that this whole quantum stockpile of mica be moved over there.  Immediately.

Good ideas - moved everything on lowest level. Put down drawbridge to lure goblins into traps.  F%^$#!!! 8 CHILDREN SPRINTED OVER THE BRIDGE!!! Why are they as dumb as maggots? Also one of my few remaining legendary miners (cave-in issues last night).

Please, please, please bring back the 'stay inside' command, as it shouldn't be this hard to stop the little twerps from charging out and playing next to a squad of invading trolls.

[Laurin]

Do well materials really make a difference? I built some gold chains, buckets and bars for my next one. Does the mechanism material matter?

Good materials and masterful constructed parts will give your dwarfs happy thaughts while using the well.

[Dr. Hieronymous Alloy]

Burrows issue.

Suddenly two of my better craftsdwarfs head out to replace traps in the path of the goblin invasion and Urist McWFT? (fish dissector) heads out with no job to wander the wilderness.

What am I doing wrong? How do I make them just stay in the burrow?

I've heard it said that what a burrow actually means is "Nothing outside of this burrow is usable for any jobs you need to do."  Rather than "You must remain within this burrow."  So, a dwarf with No Job can still go wandering randomly anywhere his stupid little heart leads him.

Clearly the answer to that is to give them more work.  Lazy little nuggets.  For example, it's obviously extremely vital to your fortress that this whole quantum stockpile of mica be moved over there.  Immediately.

Good ideas - moved everything on lowest level. Put down drawbridge to lure goblins into traps.  F%^$#!!! 8 CHILDREN SPRINTED OVER THE BRIDGE!!! Why are they as dumb as maggots? Also one of my few remaining legendary miners (cave-in issues last night).

Please, please, please bring back the 'stay inside' command, as it shouldn't be this hard to stop the little twerps from charging out and playing next to a squad of invading trolls.

There are two different ways to make citizens stay inside a burrow. One is with "assign citizens to burrow," the other is via the Military civilian alerts menu. The assign-to-burrow is less robust, so during seiges use the military menu.

[Dwarfotaur]

How do I get lye in to barrels? I have like 50 spare barrels and about 15 buckets full of lye, soap making wants barrels of lye. Wiki says it's automatic if you have free barrels but... Nope.

[vassock]

Make sure the stockpile where the lye is stored is set to allow barrels...and many of them. Custom stockpiles sometimes come with 0 bins/barrels allowed in the settings.

[vassock]

I'm building a 3-room building for my mayor and putting all of the stuff he needs in there. I assigned the bed to him and made a room a bedroom, but why is some miner sleeping in it?

[Laurin]

This is a bug in 2010. Dwarves do sleep in their assigned rooms, but not always.
At least the miner will get a happy thought about sleeping in a wonderful room. ^^

[JAFANZ]

As of .30.12 there's a known bug with bedroom assignments being ignored, it is reported fixed in .30.13 (which hasn't been released yet).

[Knigel]

Does the Leader skill have an effect on your ability to recruit companions in adventure mode? And if it does, is there a way to increase it in adventure mode itself?

[Flaede]

As of .30.12 there's a known bug with bedroom assignments being ignored, it is reported fixed in .30.13 (which hasn't been released yet).

I have the most hilarious workaround for this. I make a doubly-awesome-royal-bedroom, and make it very near to the main meeting hall, and generally close to everything as possible. Then, since I know dwarves are going to sleep in it anyway, I also double-room it, by making it a Dormitory. Add enough beds for every dwarf in the fortress. Build no other bedrooms. Now the Dwarven Queen is having a Slumber Party!

[Xzalander]

Do cavern trees count toward Elven Tree Mandates?

[Laurin]

Do cavern trees count toward Elven Tree Mandates?

Yes, they do.

[vassock]

Anyone know when the next version of DF is coming out? Will it be compatible with saves from the current version?