Hello you dwarves out there
I'm pretty new to Dwarf Fortress... very nice game.
I have some questions regarding a few smaller problems I stumbled upon (sorry for my weird english *g*)
1st:Urist McCook got a strange mood and entered a craftsdwarf workshop.
After I
[t] the workshop I recognized several items he seems to ask for.
What is the meaning of the symbols [ B ] and TSK in the right information paneel:
chert [B]
galena TSK
magneitite TSK
orthocllase TSK
I read the wiki but could not really find an helpful answer. Since I have ALL those rocks listed above I wonder what will be the difference between [ B ] and TSK?
Furthermore he asks for yarn thread. How can I get this?
2nd:I do not really understand the way a "mass pitting" room is functioning. I read the wiki with the hint to build two rooms and to dig holes in the upper room.
I have to cover those holes with hatches so my dwarves don't get afraid of any beasts down there... allright
I placed the cages around those holes into an animal stockpile... ok
I have to declare an activity zone with status "pit"... ok
What to do next?
Probably it's way toooo simple but I can't get the idea and I'm afraid the prisoners escape.
3rd:Many images(icons?) of dwarves are blinking from normal colour to black&white and vice versa. What does it mean?
4th:After I embark my world was nice and beautiful... green grass everywhere...
After 3 years now the whole map is a ugly mess with grass-less paths all around and way too much mud everywhere.
Is there any possibility to get rid of this ugly mud?
I know I can remove mud inside,.... but what about outside?
Why isn't grass growing again or otherwise regenerating?
Removing blood was succesfull with the help of the DFHack tool
dfcleanup.exe... thank you
5th:
I build a dwarven reactor with 2 water wheels. It is functioning very well so far.
How can I prevent evaporating water because I got often lost of power because of not enough water.
After I ordered my dwarves to fill the "pond" with buckets again it works.... but not for long.
Any help?
6th:If i dug a very big hall I wondered if it is possible to get a cave in?
Would it be better to keep several pillars? Or is there no danger no matter how large the digged/dug(?) room will be?
Until then I survived half a dozen ambushes, 3 sieges, 1 Titan and 2 forgotten beasts (both can't reach me)... all with minor losses or no losses at all.
I'm very proud of me *g*
Thank you for helping
xelo