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[NRDL]

How do you practically use mechanisms?  For levers and stuff?

[sirquote]

Drop Bridges, cage traps and levers to name a few.

[Tharwen]

To build traps and levers, and to connect devices together.

[Zeebie]

Is the ocean flowing water for purposes of waterwheels?

[Tiruin]

Is the ocean flowing water for purposes of waterwheels?

If you talk about water in the ocean (sorry for redundancy) as in waves coming from it then no, they do NOT power waterwheels.

If you mean the tiny blue color change in water tiles then yes, that flowing water can power water wheels 

[Superior_Tomato]

What is the rough file size of Dwarf fortress? Assuming I limit it to two small worlds, will it be able to fit onto a memory stick? Thanks in advance.

[Sphalerite]

What is the rough file size of Dwarf fortress? Assuming I limit it to two small worlds, will it be able to fit onto a memory stick? Thanks in advance.

Even with a few worlds created DF shouldn't be more than a few hundred MB.  You shouldn't have trouble putting it on a thumb drive.

[Superior_Tomato]

What is the rough file size of Dwarf fortress? Assuming I limit it to two small worlds, will it be able to fit onto a memory stick? Thanks in advance.

Even with a few worlds created DF shouldn't be more than a few hundred MB.  You shouldn't have trouble putting it on a thumb drive.

Thanks, now I can finally start playing dwarf fortress again! Hooray! Forgotten beast roasts for everyone!

[Neowulf]

Question:

How do you increase the value of a limited space room, so that the occupants become really happy?  This isn't for nobles or anything, but for my military dwarves, I don't want them to tantrum.  And I don't know how to make wells. 

Weapon traps are a great way to boost room value. On the cheap just go with a good mechanism and some green glass serrated discs. If you have an artifact weapon of something stupid (like an artifact bone mace) you can stick it in a weapon trap and seriously boost value.
I've got a baron sitting in an unsmoothed 5x5 room with crap quality furniture and all 4 rooms designated on the same space, perfectly happy with the royal quality of them all because of an artifact bone pick built into a weapon trap.

[Reiina]

How do you remove above ground "dead shrubs"?

I can't pick them up with herbalism and they're stopping me from making a perfectly square farm plot above ground .

[Xen0n]

How do you remove above ground "dead shrubs"?

I can't pick them up with herbalism and they're stopping me from making a perfectly square farm plot above ground .

Yes, it's very annoying .  You can construct floors / roads over them and immediately deconstruct them, or set a meeting area over it and idle dwarves will eventually trample it into nothing. 

[Zeebie]

My axedwarfs won't equip their shields.  I'm using a custom uniform, set to partial matches.  They've equipped the other items in their uniform. The shields aren't forbidden in the stocks screen.  They've had plenty of time to pick them up. Any ideas?

[Table Turning]

So, during a recent ambush I sent out my brave (stupid) military to combat (uselessly distract) the goblins trying to get through the line of traps.

Apparently, one of the hammermen somehow got trapped in one of our cage traps.  How did this happen?

He got knocked back from a blow if that counts.

[Zeebie]

So, during a recent ambush I sent out my brave (stupid) military to combat (uselessly distract) the goblins trying to get through the line of traps.

Apparently, one of the hammermen somehow got trapped in one of our cage traps.  How did this happen?

He got knocked back from a blow if that counts.

Creatures that fall unconscious on a cage get trapped. You'll need to connect it to a lever to release him.

[Xen0n]

My axedwarfs won't equip their shields.  I'm using a custom uniform, set to partial matches.  They've equipped the other items in their uniform. The shields aren't forbidden in the stocks screen.  They've had plenty of time to pick them up. Any ideas?

Off the top of my head, some possible causes:
1)  Is the uniform set to 'Wear over clothing' or 'Replace clothing'?  Sometimes 'Wear over clothing' has issues when they can't fit everything.  Try 'Replace clothing.'
2)  Perhaps those shields are already assigned to another slot in one of your squads, even if that slot is currently empty?  Try building a dozen more wooden shields (work just as well at blocking, but not bashing) and see if that helps. 
3) Try issuing that squad a 'move' order via the 's'quad menu.  Often this is the only way I get my militia to equip things, and often they do it right when a siege happens .
4) BLUH BLUH HUGE BURROWS.  Are they restricted to burrows/ otherwise unable to reach the shields?

Good luck.