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[Niccolo]

3. How many layers of armour we can don on a dwarf - does it actually gives better protection?

Well... yes. More armour is more protection. But it slows them down - which leads to them taking more hits and hitting less often, so...
A good mix is a mail shirt, a breastplat and armour for the limbs and head. A cloak to look swanky is always good too.

The amount of armour a dwarf can wear is limited by their strength; a super-strong dwarf could wear a couple of breastplates and move at a respectable rate, while a softie couldn't.

[elvenspirit]

Caravans cannot get to my fortress and sit 3 z levels above my fortress entrance, how do i convince them to join the party?

[hjd_uk]

Press Shift-D from the main menu to display the Depot access mode - it will show you if your Depot is accessible to traders or not, they need a 3x3 clear path all the way. Trees and boulders will get in the way.

[hjd_uk]

Also, I deconstructed some wooden planks which were above water and which collapsed onto an underwater room, the roof held except in 3 places. The roof is gone, with water above it but the room isn't flooding, and the floor under said hole is now showing up as "Unknown"..... i've broken the universe.

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[greycat]

Press Shift-D from the main menu to display the Depot access mode - it will show you if your Depot is accessible to traders or not, they need a 3x3 clear path all the way. Trees and boulders will get in the way.

That's half-true.  Shift-D shows where a clear 3-wide path exists, just in case the traders have any wagons -- but traders never actually bring wagons in the current version.  So they only need a 1-wide path.

Nevertheless, if Shift-D shows only a single reachable map-edge tile, then that's where the traders will pop, even if there are other 1-wide paths they could take.

[FuzzyZergling]

The amount of armour a dwarf can wear is limited by their strength; a super-strong dwarf could wear a couple of breastplates and move at a respectable rate, while a softie couldn't.

Actually, only one piece of shaped armor can go on a body part. So, only one breastplate.

[Niccolo]

The amount of armour a dwarf can wear is limited by their strength; a super-strong dwarf could wear a couple of breastplates and move at a respectable rate, while a softie couldn't.

Actually, only one piece of shaped armor can go on a body part. So, only one breastplate.

My mistake. I didn't know the shaped ones were limited. Danke for the correction.

[Fredd]

Good basic outfit is a mail shirt, breastplate, robe, helm,cap, hood, cloak, greaves, highboots, gauntlet, and mittens. Bad thing the finished goods part of the uniform will wear out in time.

[Saiko Kila]

Press Shift-D from the main menu to display the Depot access mode - it will show you if your Depot is accessible to traders or not, they need a 3x3 clear path all the way. Trees and boulders will get in the way.

That's half-true.  Shift-D shows where a clear 3-wide path exists, just in case the traders have any wagons -- but traders never actually bring wagons in the current version.  So they only need a 1-wide path.

Nevertheless, if Shift-D shows only a single reachable map-edge tile, then that's where the traders will pop, even if there are other 1-wide paths they could take.

And it's strange they are blocked - traders in current version, at least elves, are able to go through hatches, doors, ramps, stairs and one tile wide bridges. They can go everywhere goblins can go.

[elvenspirit]

Well i started cutting a 3x3 path to where the wagon (well i was assuming i would see a wagon when i was cutting) always comes... I almost had it finished and out popped an elven caravan, The only thing i can figure is while i was cutting a path was that one of the bloody tree huggers went berserk (actually the camel did, the other pack animal and an elf went emo and the last started dancing in the moonlight naked to his goddess)  and an elven tantrum spiral proceeded to kill them all off... also there was a very ticked off one humped camel wandering around trying to eat my dwarves.

There's going to be a siege isn't there?

[vhappylurker]

Well i started cutting a 3x3 path to where the wagon (well i was assuming i would see a wagon when i was cutting) always comes... I almost had it finished and out popped an elven caravan, The only thing i can figure is while i was cutting a path was that one of the bloody tree huggers went berserk (actually the camel did, the other pack animal and an elf went emo and the last started dancing in the moonlight naked to his goddess)  and an elven tantrum spiral proceeded to kill them all off... also there was a very ticked off one humped camel wandering around trying to eat my dwarves.

There's going to be a siege isn't there?

Not sure, but I'd start putting tons of traps around your fort's entrance(s) and getting your military geared up well just in case. Also, you may want to smooth down any boulders along with cutting down trees then create a 3-tile wide road leading to your depot to make it easier for traders to get there. This will prevent trees from growing over this route and I've noticed it tends to be a magnet for merchant traffic in my games. It also increases the value of your fort. Just remember that even if the freakin' beardless tree-huggers don't siege you over a lost caravan, they may attack due to the clear-cutting.

[slay_mithos]

hello everyone,

Having found this game only a week ago, and loving it (having lots of FUN^^), I still have ome little questions I don't seem to see answered.

1. how come my embark screen only shows a little amount of data where all the screens and videos I see have far more information when choosing the site.

2. the research for suitable site lacks "trees", and doesn't seem to actually be searching flux stones even when asked.

3. How come my sheep are never sheered even with someone having only that job? Same applies to hunting, he never sets out.

Anyway, still trying to figure out how to make use of flood gates with natural water/lava without killing my miner in the process ^^

[Lord Shonus]

1. how come my embark screen only shows a little amount of data where all the screens and videos I see have far more information when choosing the site.

Recent versions no longer show every layer as was done in the past.

[FuzzyZergling]

1. Those screens you see are from older versions, which showed more info about embark sites.

2. You can see if a site has trees in the biome information screen (The same one where it shows shallow/deep metal(s), clay and other stuff). Flux doesn't show up on the biome info screen, but the site finder is correct. If it says a spot has flux, it has flux.

3. You have to have the sheering/hunting labor enabled, through the [v]->[p]->[l] screen.

[vhappylurker]

1) Have you tried hitting tab to go through all the "pages" on the embark screen? Also, like Shonus said above, the newer versions don't show much detail for your soil layers except flux/deep-shallow metals/deep-shallow soild and aquifers.

2) I've noticed that the Find feature is buggy as hell. You'd probably just be better off taking the time to dig around your world and pick out a site meeting your requirements. I'd suggest finding a spot that's got at least a brook, a good amount of wood and vegetation, as well as a mountain-side for defense/dwarfiness. Also, make sure at least one of you biomes doesn't have an aquifer (check using the F1-F# buttons to make sure), or you're in for FUN.

3) Your shearers and hunters might be on break. I've also noticed that hunters won't do their jobs if you don't have ammo for them to use. Try setting one of your craft shops to make some wood/bone bolts and make sure to go to the military screen and set you hunters up with the right ammo. (Should be already done by default, but it never hurts to check.)
Also, as for shearers and milkers... Sometimes, they will be doing there jobs and taking animals to the workshop to be shorn/milked. But if your herd animals are set to a certain pasture and the rest of your dwarfs have animal hauling enabled, they will drag the animals out of the workshop causing a tug-of-war situation. Try setting up only your shearers to have animal hauling enabled and see if that makes them get you some wool.