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[SurfinShroom]

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How do I pit things without them escapeing. My animal stoorage is 4 or 5 spaces from my pit, but so far EVERY time whatever it is has escaped. I've then had to slaughter them, its fine its just I have blood everywhere now

[ext0l]

Build the cages right next to the pit. Though goblin snatchers still may escape.

[Sutremaine]

Is it possible to collapse things without miners getting owned?

Use supports linked to a lever. If you can't get underneath the thing you're trying to collapse, support it from above.

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_O_  _I_

_ = floor
O = wall
I = support

When the support is broken, the constructed floor and wall will collapse into their component parts and the natural stone will plummet.

[slothen]

Build the cages right next to the pit. Though goblin snatchers still may escape.

this does work almost always for everything but snatchers, HOWEVER, if there is already something alive in the pit the dwarf may get frightened and the thing he's supposed to pit may escape, even if the cage is right next to the pit.  The only way I can think to handle this is to pit something 2 z levels, and put a hatchcover linked to a lever in between them, so its a 2 stage pit process.  This brings me to my earlier question, will a dwarf open a hatch cover thats on the same z level to pit a creature?  I know this does not work with dumping refuse.

[CapnUrist]

Volcanoes are connected to the magma sea. So yes.

Also :

How do I manually assign?

Go to the [ s ] squads menu and choose a squad. assign them to following the route.

What button do I press. I can station them at the parts of the route, but nothing else.

I still need some help with this.

Have you created an actual route? Putting down points isn't enough; you then have to designate those points as waypoints along a route, in the order they are to be patrolled. In case you haven't and don't know how, it's (N)otes - (r)outes - (a)dd route - (e)dit waypoints, then move to the points you want them to patrol through.

To set your squad to patrol this route, you set is as an order on the schedule, that is, you go to (m)ilitary - (s)chedule - give (o)rder - Scroll through using (o) to Patrol Route - Select your route and the dwarves that are preferred on this route; you can put all or none of your dwarves here. If this route is going to be constantly patrolled, be sure to lower the minimum number of dwarves for the order (/ and *) so that your dwarves can take a break every now and then and sub in for one another.

[TolyK]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Volcanoes are connected to the magma sea. So yes.

Also :

How do I manually assign?

Go to the [ s ] squads menu and choose a squad. assign them to following the route.

What button do I press. I can station them at the parts of the route, but nothing else.

I still need some help with this.

I think you can assign them routes, the [ r ] button I think. Someone go check.

*nevermind this is answered*

Build the cages right next to the pit. Though goblin snatchers still may escape.

this does work almost always for everything but snatchers, HOWEVER, if there is already something alive in the pit the dwarf may get frightened and the thing he's supposed to pit may escape, even if the cage is right next to the pit.  The only way I can think to handle this is to pit something 2 z levels, and put a hatchcover linked to a lever in between them, so its a 2 stage pit process.  This brings me to my earlier question, will a dwarf open a hatch cover thats on the same z level to pit a creature?  I know this does not work with dumping refuse.

well I just use an 8-z-level pit. into my arema 

[Kogut]

How can I retrieve item from cage? Without lever.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

Volcanoes are connected to the magma sea. So yes.

Also :

How do I manually assign?

Go to the [ s ] squads menu and choose a squad. assign them to following the route.

What button do I press. I can station them at the parts of the route, but nothing else.

I still need some help with this.

Have you created an actual route? Putting down points isn't enough; you then have to designate those points as waypoints along a route, in the order they are to be patrolled. In case you haven't and don't know how, it's (N)otes - (r)outes - (a)dd route - (e)dit waypoints, then move the the points you want them to patrol through.

To set your squad to patrol this route, you set is as an order on the schedule, that is, you go to (m)ilitary - (s)chedule - give (o)rder - Scroll through using (o) to Patrol Route - Select your route and the dwarves that are preferred on this route; you can put all or none of your dwarves here. If this route is going to be constantly patrolled, be sure to lower the minimum number of dwarves for the order (/ and *) so that your dwarves can take a break every now and then and sub in for one another.

Alrighty. I embarked in a terrifying glacier. No zombies, evil creatures instead. As in yetis. Nothing has bothered me yet though. I need some help with routes though. I have never gotten them to work.

Spoiler: Route (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Military Schedule (click to show/hide)

Anything I'm doing wrong?

A quote from the FD 2 thread which I thought would be better put here.

[TolyK]

mass-dump the cage and stuff in it (d>b>d) and then unforbid only the cage (k>cursor>d to toggle) and presto! just wait and don't atomsmash the dump. can take a while.

[Mr. Argent]

How can i force my hunters to wear certain armors?

[SurfinShroom]

Build the cages right next to the pit. Though goblin snatchers still may escape.

So if I build a cage, can I then assign say 20 goblins to it? With no risk of them running around? Or do you mean have the cage stockpile next to the pit?

[moisesjns]

please help. i want my dwarfs to stop hanging outside is their any way to do this other then burrows? please help.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

If you want them to stop being outside when idle, designate a zone with (i) and set it to meeting zone with (m).

[slothen]

How can i force my hunters to wear certain armors?

hunters use an invisible uniform i believe that cannot be altered.  I think they're stuck with leather.  Adding them to a squad while also having them doing hunting/mining/woodcutting is usually a bad idea.

[Ahasver]

Is it possible to manually assign job titles? It irks me when my butcher is still called a soap maker on the unit screen, even if they are still a bit better at making soap than butchery.