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[Ibid Straydrink]

Regarding goblin ambushes, what are their spawn spots? Do they spawn at the border and move to your fort or? Ditto to koblods.

yes, random edge spawn. However unlike trader they dont care about access

Is it random each time, or does the game determine which direction they're going to come from just once?

[rephikul]

Regarding goblin ambushes, what are their spawn spots? Do they spawn at the border and move to your fort or? Ditto to koblods.

yes, random edge spawn. However unlike trader they dont care about access

Is it random each time, or does the game determine which direction they're going to come from just once?

it is random each them when they spawn. Which mean if you can always load back and hope they spawn somewhere else more desirable

[Ibid Straydrink]

Regarding goblin ambushes, what are their spawn spots? Do they spawn at the border and move to your fort or? Ditto to koblods.

yes, random edge spawn. However unlike trader they dont care about access

Is it random each time, or does the game determine which direction they're going to come from just once?

it is random each them when they spawn. Which mean if you can always load back and hope they spawn somewhere else more desirable

Oh... well, that explains why the elves in my hamlet on the edge of the "safe" side of the map were a nothing more than a smear of blood when I came back to my computer. Darn.

[Kogut]

How can I make sure that sth will siege me? [in vanilia, if possible]

[Ibid Straydrink]

How can I make sure that sth will siege me? [in vanilia, if possible]

"sth"?

In general, you're sure to receive a siege from a hostile entity if you found a fortress nearby one of their own sites. If you are at peace with an entity and would like to end that, simply roll an adventurer from your civilization and raid one of their settlements.

[Fellhuhn]

"sth"?

In general, you're sure to receive a siege from a hostile entity if you found a fortress nearby one of their own sites. If you are at peace with an entity and would like to end that, simply roll an adventurer from your civilization and raid one of their settlements.

sth = something

Your way would require to abandon and reclaim the fortress which may lead to some bugs.

Edit: Except you do that prior to any embarking.

[Ibid Straydrink]

I've taken it upon myself to mod priests into the game, who will basically serve as pincushions for the peoples' repression. The idea is to give them the [meet_workers] tag and appoint folks with highly developed consoler and pacifier skills. In order to have correct number for fortress needs and (at the player's discretion) number of gods, I am also considering assigning them the [AS_NEEDED] tag, which I believe will require them to be subordinates to another position.

That in mind, I have two questions:

1.) Is it possible to designate a defined position (such as my priests) as subordinates, similarly to militia dwarves?

2.) If so, and the squad were stationed in a specific place (which I imagine would cause the game to consider them as military), would workers still be able to complain to them?


Thanks, Ibid.

[ltprifti]

when i cage a goblin theif will any theif make a break for it if i change their cage or jsut master thief?

[MagmaMcFry]

All thieves will escape. You can't have more than one thief at once in a single cage. Build the cage somewhere full of nasties (like an arena), link it to a lever and see what happens.

[ltprifti]

will they only escape once the cage is built or can they escape from the trap aswell?

[Sutremaine]

Add [NO_EAT] and (if you don't want to have to worry about thirst, either) [NO_DRINK] to that list

Little late, but remove [ALCOHOL_DEPENDANT] as well. If they don't need to drink, then they won't. And if dwarves aren't drinking alcohol, they slow down and get bad thoughts.

[ltprifti]

the person i was trying to save already died, oh well.

i have a cow assigned to a chain right next to my farmers workshop, however, when i say milk animal the dwarves take an animal from the cage rather than milking the tethered one.  how do i change that?

[FrisianDude]

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I've taken it upon myself to mod priests into the game, who will basically serve as pincushions for the peoples' repression. The idea is to give them the [meet_workers] tag and appoint folks with highly developed consoler and pacifier skills. In order to have correct number for fortress needs and (at the player's discretion) number of gods, I am also considering assigning them the [AS_NEEDED] tag, which I believe will require them to be subordinates to another position.

That in mind, I have two questions:

1.) Is it possible to designate a defined position (such as my priests) as subordinates, similarly to militia dwarves?

2.) If so, and the squad were stationed in a specific place (which I imagine would cause the game to consider them as military), would workers still be able to complain to them?


Thanks, Ibid.

I don't know the answer, but I like the idea.

[Sphalerite]

i have a cow assigned to a chain right next to my farmers workshop, however, when i say milk animal the dwarves take an animal from the cage rather than milking the tethered one.  how do i change that?

You don't.  When you tell a dwarf to milk a cow he'll grab the next available cow, wherever it may be, regardless of if it is in a cage or chain or wandering free.

What I usually do is build a cage right next to the farmer's workshop being used for milking, stick all the cows in it, and then enclose the dairy operation in its own room isolated from the fortress by multiple pet-impassible doors.  This tends to keep cows from wandering loose.

[Kogut]

How can I make sure that sth will siege me? [in vanilia, if possible]

"sth"?

In general, you're sure to receive a siege from a hostile entity if you found a fortress nearby one of their own sites. If you are at peace with an entity and would like to end that, simply roll an adventurer from your civilization and raid one of their settlements.

My fort is quite old, with over 1M created wealth - and no attacks, no ambushes, no sieges [only lame thieves] - and I am near goblins.