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[MarcAFK]

yeah i forgot that non,rotting food was fixed a few versions ago. Thx for the heads up.
i may just make my whole fort segmented and magma cleanable anyway just for the hell of it, that way i can clean out FB goo without any hax D=

[assimilateur]

Wouldn't water be enough to clean extracts? Now I'm not knocking the idea of making a whole fort magma-cleanable, because it does sound interesting. It also sounds like such a pain in the ass that it's not funny anymore.

[TolyK]

Wouldn't water be enough to clean extracts? Now I'm not knocking the idea of making a whole fort magma-cleanable, because it does sound interesting. It also sounds like such a pain in the ass that it's not funny anymore.

NO!
it will instead spread around even more. either use a dwarf wash with an atomsmasher or DFcleanmap.

[MarcAFK]

Water will clean goo off dwarves, but then it sticks to walls/floors etc , which is where dfhack/magma comes in.... \o/ yay magma
oh and it also filthys up your water which you can filter with a fortification/grate. but teh crap sticks to your grate and you'll need magma or dfhack to clean it off...

[assimilateur]

NO!
it will instead spread around even more. either use a dwarf wash with an atomsmasher or DFcleanmap.

I haven't tried cleaning rooms/corridors with water yet, which is why I didn't know. And I must say that sucks bad, man.

If one were able to restrict movement to contaminated tiles reliably, I guess they could clean all that blood and shit no problem. Or do they get the contaminants on them when they clean floors?

[TolyK]

NO!
it will instead spread around even more. either use a dwarf wash with an atomsmasher or DFcleanmap.

I haven't tried cleaning rooms/corridors with water yet, which is why I didn't know. And I must say that sucks bad, man.

If one were able to restrict movement to contaminated tiles reliably, I guess they could clean all that blood and shit no problem. Or do they get the contaminants on them when they clean floors?

try building atomsmashers in the corridors, then lock them down and activate.

Putting floors over contaminants works.

[Ibid Straydrink]

On this topic, how does one create a simple atomsmasher? I was under the impression it was just a bridge... but at my attempt to crush items beneanth a drawbridge, they were just scattered everywhere...

It was a  mess.

[TolyK]

On this topic, how does one create a simple atomsmasher? I was under the impression it was just a bridge... but at my attempt to crush items beneanth a drawbridge, they were just scattered everywhere...

It was a  mess.

Here's how you make one.
Start making a bridge. Then choose which tile/side of the drawbridge you want to "anchor" or attach to the ground. For example, "a" is to the left and "d" is right and "w" us up and "x" is down ("s" turns it into a retracting bridge)

[myrkul]

On this topic, how does one create a simple atomsmasher? I was under the impression it was just a bridge... but at my attempt to crush items beneanth a drawbridge, they were just scattered everywhere...

It was a  mess.

You used a retracting bridge. It has to be a raising one.

[Kay12]

Hi. I'm fairly new to the game, yet I've managed to create a fairly successful, yet largely unplanned, fortress (I play for FUN). Now I have a problem approaching my fortress in the form of a huge giant that will probably ravish my entire population. Well, no problem really, since my fortress is walled and the entrance is trapped. However, most of my dorves preferred to run around in the fields instead of going in for safety. How do I get them to retreat for safety?

Thanks.

EDIT: The bastard was suffiecently slowed down by a brave marksdwarf I didn't know existed, and then he realized that it would be better to start a new, calmer life in one of my glass cages. For the future, I'd like to know how to retreat my dorves, though.

MORE: Now that I have the giant captured, any ideas on what to do with him?

[TolyK]

Hi. I'm fairly new to the game, yet I've managed to create a fairly successful, yet largely unplanned, fortress (I play for FUN). Now I have a problem approaching my fortress in the form of a huge giant that will probably ravish my entire population. Well, no problem really, since my fortress is walled and the entrance is trapped. However, most of my dorves preferred to run around in the fields instead of going in for safety. How do I get them to retreat for safety?

Thanks.

EDIT: The bastard was suffiecently slowed down by a brave marksdwarf I didn't know existed, and then he realized that it would be better to start a new, calmer life in one of my glass cages. For the future, I'd like to know how to retreat my dorves, though.

Lol.
Press "w" for the burrows system. make a burrow that encompasses ALL of your fort and NONE of the outside.
Go the military screen (m) and go to alerts (a). set up a "safety!" alert that uses your safety burrow.
when you get attacked (or all the time if you want) just activate the alert for civilians (*CIV*)

[FuzzyZergling]

First make a burro[w] over your entire fortress.
Then go to [m]ilitary [a]lerts, and make a new alert.
Assign the burrow to the alert, and when you activate the alert, all civilian dwarves will go into the burrow.

And Ninja'd.

[TolyK]

First make a burro[w] over your entire fortress.
Then go to [m]ilitary [a]lerts, and make a new alert.
Assign the burrow to the alert, and when you activate the alert, all civilian dwarves will go into the burrow.

And Ninja'd.

you explained better

[myrkul]

As to what to do with the giant:

Execution pit: Rancor pit style
Archery practice: pit it behind fortifications and set some marksdwarves to station nearby. With bone bolts, who knows, might be able to train up to legendary before it keels.
Throw it off a tall cliff and watch the parts fly?

[Kay12]

Woah, the markmanship things sounds like it's good for all the parties involved!

EDIT: I have NO clue on what happened, but my giant is loose again...