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[Drawde]

Fortifications help protect against ranged attacks in most circumstances, though they aren't perfect.  The main time they're useless is against elite archers, who completely ignore them.

[greycat]

On the schedule screen for the military, is it better to have a high or low minimum?  It'd seem that if you have a high minimum, it'd never get accomplished due to not everyone being able to be present (due to sleeping, eating, whatever)

If you leave the orders at "Train, 10 Minimum" you'll have training sessions involving 3-4 dwarves.  Often multiple training sessions simultaneously.  They don't actually try to train the entire squad all together.

[FuzzyZergling]

Oh one more thing I've always been curious about.  On the schedule screen for the military, is it better to have a high or low minimum?  It'd seem that if you have a high minimum, it'd never get accomplished due to not everyone being able to be present (due to sleeping, eating, whatever), so a low minimum (of 1 [or 0 if possible]) would be optimal, so that any dwarfs that could train would and any that were busy doing something else could do that instead, but I wonder if by 'minimum' it means that they *have* to train, even if they don't want to (can they even opt not to due to laziness?  I don't know how they're programmed).   

I wonder if by having a low minimum, I'm really stunting their growth.  They sure seem to gain weapon skills at a snails pace when I've run out of stuff to throw in the pit with them.

Making small squads (three at most) and keeping the high minimum has worked for me.

[Zeebie]

Is there any way to get a notification of elections? It's a bit disconcerting to suddenly have a new mayor.

[RAKninja]

Is there any way to get a notification of elections? It's a bit disconcerting to suddenly have a new mayor.

by defauly, you will get an announcement when a mayor has been elected.  it will read "<dwarf name> has been elected as mayor"

it's kind of up to you to remember who was mayor last and discover if it has changed.  easiest way is to check the nobles screen when you see the announcement.  unless you have a habit of assigning non-nobles to offices, the requirements of a newly elected mayor will be yellow or red.

[Sphalerite]

Is there any way to get a notification of elections? It's a bit disconcerting to suddenly have a new mayor.

by defauly, you will get an announcement when a mayor has been elected.  it will read "<dwarf name> has been elected as mayor"

Actually, by default, no such announcement will occur.  It may be possible to edit announcements.txt to make this announcement occur, but I don't know what the line would be if it exists at all.

[RAKninja]

Is there any way to get a notification of elections? It's a bit disconcerting to suddenly have a new mayor.

by defauly, you will get an announcement when a mayor has been elected.  it will read "<dwarf name> has been elected as mayor"

Actually, by default, no such announcement will occur.  It may be possible to edit announcements.txt to make this announcement occur, but I don't know what the line would be if it exists at all.

strange, i wonder why i, with vanilla DF, have gotten many such messages in the lifetimes of my forts.

[Nil Eyeglazed]

"Stƒkud ‹ngizsemor, mayor's mandate has ended."

That means that a mayor has been replaced.

Not be confused with, "ThŒkut Logemuzol, mayor has ended a mandate."

I don't believe there's an option for it in announcements.

[Shiv]

On the schedule screen for the military, is it better to have a high or low minimum?  It'd seem that if you have a high minimum, it'd never get accomplished due to not everyone being able to be present (due to sleeping, eating, whatever)

If you leave the orders at "Train, 10 Minimum" you'll have training sessions involving 3-4 dwarves.  Often multiple training sessions simultaneously.  They don't actually try to train the entire squad all together.

Oh, well that's confusing.  Seems it should be '10 maximum' instead if that's the case.   

So basically higher numbers are better?

[Buttery_Mess]

Well I hear tell that small squads train better, say 2-3 dwarves. They appear to spar more often, from what I can tell, and I've noticed pleasing improvement rates. My latest fort, I embarked with a crew of military skill dwarves, and have had them training in small units from the first migration wave. I also gave them the teaching skill and student skill, and they seem to be improving steadily, and are now training a new batch of soldiers.

One thing I've noticed though; it's a good idea to whet their blades on gangs of hapless animals. This seems to round out their combat scores, and improve their weapon skills. High weapon skills seem to breed higher dodging and shield skills in sparring partners. Cavern critters are also good for this. In fact if you have plenty of critters hanging around your map, you can really beef your soldiers up by *just* wandering about slaughtering them. If you do this in the caves, though, you will eventually cause tough critters to spawn, so it's a double-edged sword. Overland, you'll mostly get wuss animals, which is good.

[Zeebie]

Can I trade prepared meals? If so, where do they appear in the "carry goods to trading post" menu?

[Nil Eyeglazed]

Can I trade prepared meals? If so, where do they appear in the "carry goods to trading post" menu?

Yes, you can; I don't believe they appear on the default menu.  You need to hit 's' to select by string filter, and type in something descriptive (I type in 'roast').

[greycat]

You can also press something (I think it's (d) but I forgot...) to sort the stuff by value instead of by distance from the trade depot.  Your prepared meals will float right up to the top that way, since they're probably among the most valuable things you have.

[Table Turning]

Do zombie/skeletal creatures create infection in those they attack?

I'm just trying to figure out how my war dog is moving so slow with only a severed toe/dented paw from some zombie carp/skeletal fox attacks.

He also stopped flashing yellow and started flashing red.

[MalleusManus]

Hello all, I'd like to ask the first of many, many questions!

I have a squad of dwarves all assigned to training swords and extremely lethal steel swords and such. When they fight with elves, they seem to use the training swords only! How do I get them to use the real weapons in combat? They are carrying both weapons when they go into combat.