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[Synthet]

I have a small question. I don't know where temples are located in adventure mode, the wiki says 'They are located in Human towns and Goblin fortresses' but how do I find them and what do they look like?

[Sphalerite]

I don't know that temples exist at the moment.  Wait for the next version to be released, it's going to have a complete revamp of cities and towns.

[monk12]

I have a small question. I don't know where temples are located in adventure mode, the wiki says 'They are located in Human towns and Goblin fortresses' but how do I find them and what do they look like?

The wiki is regrettably out of date on this matter, and for several other adventure mode things right now. Temples are out right now, but they'll be back in the next version.

Incidentally, the Adventure Mode forum has its own little questions thread, which I'm sure will be much more active after the next update.

[Life Swordsman]

Hey, do Megabeasts and Clowns fight one another? I just got a megabeast and I'm not sure if I should fight it right now or try to catch it for use later.

[Table Turning]

After being annoyed with hunting ("Urist McHuntingRetard cancels hunting, needs ammunition" when the creature was nearly dead), I decided to put my hunting dorf in the military and have him kill things by ordering him to.  He just killed a cougar, but he's not dragging the kill back.  How do I get the corpse back to the fort so it can be butchered?

[Lord Shonus]

Install a refuse stockpile by your butchery and (o)rder your dwarves to collect refuse from outside.

[monk12]

After being annoyed with hunting ("Urist McHuntingRetard cancels hunting, needs ammunition" when the creature was nearly dead), I decided to put my hunting dorf in the military and have him kill things by ordering him to.  He just killed a cougar, but he's not dragging the kill back.  How do I get the corpse back to the fort so it can be butchered?

Military kills will not be returned by the military, they will be returned by civilians. Make sure that you are not ignoring outside refuse, and eventually a dwarf with refuse hauling enabled will bring it to the appropriate stockpile.

Incidentally, be careful putting hunters in the military. I've heard that hunters wear an invisible "uniform" to handle weapon/ammo allocation, and this can conflict with their military settings. Make sure you disable hunting when putting them in the military. And if you find your hunter run out of ammo quickly, you can assign them more ammunition under the military screen, which may circumvent this problem.

[Lord Shonus]

Assigning more ammo won't help. They'll still only take a small amount with them.

[Maklak]

I have some metal arrows from goblins. I could install bows in traps, but I prefer spiked silver balls, and silver warhammers. I could make a bow squad, but I prefer crossbows anyway. Is there a sensible use for arrows or should I just melt them? So far no one mooded to make an artifact bow.
 

[AcESCAR]

is there a way to use "burrow" to make millitary archers to stand behind a fortification ?

what I mean is,

F = Fortification
A = Archers

F F F F F F
A A A A A A

and using burrow to "force" the archers to stand right behind the fort instead of using move command

I want to do this because by using the move command, the archers maybe 1 block away, or in front of the Fort instead.

I did it before by mistake, although it was the civilians instead that went to the burrows (I think putting individual dwarf may solve this, I dont know for sure)

another question, how do you slow down when a fight starts ?

I have been watching some youtube lets play, and it seems that some of them can pause the game and start the fight part by part.

example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAgwO-sGnDw

at 10 mins mark

[Farmerbob]

Best way to control archers in a firing line behind a fortification is to make it impossible for them to be farther away.

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Put walls or fortifications around them.  Burrows might work, I'm not certain.  I've never tried to control dwarf movement this precisely with burrows.

[Eeote]

Hey guys, got a little question here: A dwarf of mine has withdrawn from society and he is just standing around, looking at stuff. He is an axedwarf and woodcutter and teacher. What do i need to do to prevent him from going mad?

[Sinistar]

Bah. I feel kinda silly because my first post after a long time goes to "questions" thread. Oh well.

Anyway - I have been searching the forums a bit, kinda found the answer, but still to make it sure: ENGRAVING SLABS.

Names of dead dwarfs do not disapper from the "engrave slab" list, right? Is this a bug? If not, it would be grat to see a feature that would allow you to at least "hide" names already engraved on a slab, or maybe not show names of those actually placed in coffins. That would probably save the clutter...

Eeote: construct craft- or mason's workshop. Dwarfs witout specific skills usually claim one of this.

[Eeote]

Bah. I feel kinda silly because my first post after a long time goes to "questions" thread. Oh well.

Anyway - I have been searching the forums a bit, kinda found the answer, but still to make it sure: ENGRAVING SLABS.

Names of dead dwarfs do not disapper from the "engrave slab" list, right? Is this a bug? If not, it would be grat to see a feature that would allow you to at least "hide" names already engraved on a slab, or maybe not show names of those actually placed in coffins. That would probably save the clutter...

Eeote: construct craft- or mason's workshop. Dwarfs witout specific skills usually claim one of this.

Thanks for the reply, but i already have several craftdwarf's workshops and mason's workshops, he has not claimed any of them

[geoduck]

Thanks for the reply, but i already have several craftdwarf's workshops and mason's workshops, he has not claimed any of them

It's been my experience that having just magma/non-magma forges can get you into trouble when it comes to moods. Does he have any metal-working skill?

The wiki has a very useful article covering this topic: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Mood