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[TolyK]

i started on a region with pillars in the sky and tower cap mushrooms in the open, half of the floor said "moss floor" stuff etc

the moment i unpause the whole map crashes down into gigantic pikes and stuff, fps keeps being sub 10, while normally i easily get 100 fps in an average fort (i have 5 miners (2 died the first second of embark) doing the slomo atm) what was going on?

you've got a bugged embark. just try playing through, or you can abandon.

I have a question: I noticed with the new updates early goblin sieges ocurr. I have 20 dwarfs in a fortress and I got a goblin siege. I'd like to play  a relaxed game for a while and I'd like for sieges to start like in older versions,  at 50 population (or something like that). Is there any way to do this?

Is your game modded? Check out entity_default for goblins - there should be a siege population of "3" (80 dwarves) or "2" (50 dwarves). If that doesn't work, try going into g_init.txt and turning off sieges.

[krisslanza]

Does .19 fix the issue of things trying to "use" soap by, well, eating it? Just curious so I know if I should just remove infections to remove the problem of making soap and then getting spammed with messages of things trying to eat them.

[Galandor]

I have a question: I noticed with the new updates early goblin sieges ocurr. I have 20 dwarfs in a fortress and I got a goblin siege. I'd like to play  a relaxed game for a while and I'd like for sieges to start like in older versions,  at 50 population (or something like that). Is there any way to do this?

Is your game modded? Check out entity_default for goblins - there should be a siege population of "3" (80 dwarves) or "2" (50 dwarves). If that doesn't work, try going into g_init.txt and turning off sieges.

EDIT: Ok I found the entity_default folder but the population is already at 3   ([PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE:3]), do I have to also change this script just below the population? ([PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE:0]).


Anyway I'd like to shut down the sieges entirely now just to make sure, how do I accomplish this?

Where do I find "entity_default"?. And I couldn't find   g_init, only  d_init and there was nothing about sieges. Am I just blind?

[TolyK]

Does .19 fix the issue of things trying to "use" soap by, well, eating it? Just curious so I know if I should just remove infections to remove the problem of making soap and then getting spammed with messages of things trying to eat them.

Not sure. Safer to not make soap at all

EDIT: Ok I found the entity_default folder but the population is already at 3   ([PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE:3]), do I have to also change this script just below the population? ([PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE:0]).
NO. This may will result in sieges within the first year.

Anyway I'd like to shut down the sieges entirely now just to make sure, how do I accomplish this?

d_init is what I meant. That would be the [INVADERS:ONOFF] tag.

I suggest you download the Lazy Newb Pack, it does a lot of things automatically for you (look at my sig, last line), hell even I use it.

[monk12]

I have a question: I noticed with the new updates early goblin sieges ocurr. I have 20 dwarfs in a fortress and I got a goblin siege. I'd like to play  a relaxed game for a while and I'd like for sieges to start like in older versions,  at 50 population (or something like that). Is there any way to do this?

Do you have bees? Each individual bee is worth 1 dorfbuck, and hives can typically contain over 20k bees. I've heard reports that goblin ambushes can happen before the first dwarven caravan if you spend your spring collecting bees.

[Galandor]

Does .19 fix the issue of things trying to "use" soap by, well, eating it? Just curious so I know if I should just remove infections to remove the problem of making soap and then getting spammed with messages of things trying to eat them.

Not sure. Safer to not make soap at all

EDIT: Ok I found the entity_default folder but the population is already at 3   ([PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE:3]), do I have to also change this script just below the population? ([PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE:0]).
NO. This may will result in sieges within the first year.

Anyway I'd like to shut down the sieges entirely now just to make sure, how do I accomplish this?

d_init is what I meant. That would be the [INVADERS:ONOFF] tag.

I suggest you download the Lazy Newb Pack, it does a lot of things automatically for you (look at my sig, last line), hell even I use it.

THANK YOU!!!

[TolyK]

welcome.

I have a question: I noticed with the new updates early goblin sieges ocurr. I have 20 dwarfs in a fortress and I got a goblin siege. I'd like to play  a relaxed game for a while and I'd like for sieges to start like in older versions,  at 50 population (or something like that). Is there any way to do this?

Do you have bees? Each individual bee is worth 1 dorfbuck, and hives can typically contain over 20k bees. I've heard reports that goblin ambushes can happen before the first dwarven caravan if you spend your spring collecting bees.

This. I do this on purpose sometimes to test how quickly goblins die in my automatic traps.

[sir_laser]

Question: Where is the new megabeast 'Roc' entry in the RAWs?

Much appreciated.

[Mister Always]

So I noticed that the caravan brings me vermin meat...how exactly do I get my dwarves to turn vermin remains into eatable stuff, and is there a way to prevent them from putting the blood in barrels?

[Lord Shonus]

You can't butcher vermin.

[Haruspex_Pariah]

I've heard that putting floor grates near your well will prevent muck from accumulating. Does there have to be an open space under the grates? If not, will the well collapse when I channel all the eight squares around it?

[Maklak]

Where in inits is option for animal population cap? I can't find it. I believe the default is 50, but I'd like to set it to 20.

[Urist McBusDriver]

Question: Where is the new megabeast 'Roc' entry in the RAWs?

Much appreciated.

I have no idea. All I knew about the Roc before Urist McCastleDude sent me to kill one is that the Fleet Air Arm has a comical turret-fighter by that name in the 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Roc

I thought it was just another seabird, like the Fulmar or Skua. "Why are you sending me a week's walk away to kill some kind of large seagull?"

[Thundercraft]

Does .19 fix the issue of things trying to "use" soap by, well, eating it? Just curious so I know if I should just remove infections to remove the problem of making soap and then getting spammed with messages of things trying to eat them.

Not sure. Safer to not make soap at all

I recommend reading both DF2010:Soap and DF2010 Talk:Soap (and perhaps even DF2010:Cleaning)... even if you've already made up your mind to not produce soap. It's useful info, if only to understand how badly soap and lye are bugged and the workarounds to be able to use them successfully. (Lye is also used to make potash, which can be used as fertilizer.) Some details:

• It sounds like the "[dwarf] cancels clean self:Area inaccessible" bug might still exist. But no report yet on whether or not it is still an issue in 31.19: bug# 1023.
• Lye barrels that are in a stockpile cannot be used in .19.
• Lye that is in buckets may not be used; it is not yet clear whether this bug has been (partially) fixed in .19. (Seems to be a bug where some water is left in a bucket, then lye is added to water bucket and it becomes unusable, either for lye or for anything else.)

Anyway, some players swear by the importance of soap to prevent infection in wounded, claiming it is safe to produce as long as it is stored in a chest in the hospital zone. And some temporarily unforbid soap, forcing dirty dwarves to wade through a hall of water to get to the soap and cleaning themselves without soap in the process, re-forbidding soap afterwards.

[Sphalerite]

Question: Where is the new megabeast 'Roc' entry in the RAWs?

Rocs are the last creature listed in creature_standard.txt.

So I noticed that the caravan brings me vermin meat...how exactly do I get my dwarves to turn vermin remains into eatable stuff, and is there a way to prevent them from putting the blood in barrels?

You cannot butcher vermin.  And you can't put blood in barrels.  Caravans will bring you vermin meat and barrels of blood.  This is presumably a bug, but can't be changed or fixed without a new DF release.

I've heard that putting floor grates near your well will prevent muck from accumulating. Does there have to be an open space under the grates? If not, will the well collapse when I channel all the eight squares around it?

Grates used to prevent the buildup of contamination, but they don't in the current version.  Pools of blood, vomit, and forgotten beast poison will sit right on top of grates as if they were solid floor.

Where in inits is option for animal population cap? I can't find it. I believe the default is 50, but I'd like to set it to 20.

It's not in the inits.  It appears to be a hard-coded limit in the code.  You can't change it.