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[greycat]

I have quivers, crossbow, wood and bone bolts (both specified for hunting to use), labor enabled.  Not hunting.  No special burrow's assigned either.  Just chilling in my fortress (I verified his inventory having a quiver and crossbow, although I did not see any bolts on him)

The bolts should be inside the quiver.  Press Enter when you've got the quiver highlighted to see its contents.

Are there any wild animals on the map?  If so, is there a path from the hunter to the animal?

[Grumbledwarfskin]

My question: is there a way to get rid of dwarf clothing? I want to assign uniforms to all my dwarfs instead, but I can't get them to drop their wearing clothes... I reckon there was an utility for that, wasn't it?

I think people use a utility to delete clothing or remove clothing ownership sometimes, not sure what it is.

You can, without the need for utilities, set the uniforms to (m)->(e)->(r)eplace clothing instead of the default "over clothing", in which case everyone will store their civilian clothes in their rooms, and then grab new, unowned clothing/armor to wear, assuming it's available.

If you use the utility to remove ownership of clothing, you might want to set the uniforms to "replace clothing" first, so that dwarves won't start claiming ownership of clothing again right away.

[Jelle]

How does one capture pixies? I have noticed several swarms of the buggers, I must cage them!

[Sphalerite]

Have a dwarf with the Trapping skill.  Build several Animal Traps.  Set them out where the pixies are found, possibly with bait (do Pixies go for bait?  I don't know.).  Or, set the catch small animal job on repeat at your kennels and hope your Trapper can catch some.

[Jelle]

No a bait wouldn't work I think, I looked em up in the raws and they have vermin_notrap, wiki tells me the following about it.
"The creature cannot be caught in baited animal traps; however, a "catch live land animal" task may still be able to capture one if a dwarf finds one roaming around."
However since they tend to fly about reaching them directly is tricky. I thought maybe someone knows if there's a trick to it.

[JoeyS7]

Can they path there? Locked door, maybe?



My question: is there a way to get rid of dwarf clothing? I want to assign uniforms to all my dwarfs instead, but I can't get them to drop their wearing clothes... I reckon there was an utility for that, wasn't it?

Nope, there is a clear path, and no locked doors.

As to answer your question, I believe in the military menu there is an option to disable "underclothing" or something like that.  Pretty much an option that only let's them wear the clothes you assign.  I wouldn't do it if I were you, though.  It may give them a bad thought.

[nightwhips]

I have quivers, crossbow, wood and bone bolts (both specified for hunting to use), labor enabled.  Not hunting.  No special burrow's assigned either.  Just chilling in my fortress (I verified his inventory having a quiver and crossbow, although I did not see any bolts on him)

I've had the same thing happen. I've had perfectly successful hunting with two hunters out and about, and then after a while I'll realize they're on the No Job listing, despite the presence of camels outside, tons of bolts, and as far as I can tell, perfectly good paths. Then they start a while later. Clearly there's something we're both missing.

[Ifeno]

Is there a glitch with military exp going on right now?  I recently started a new game and set my military up as usual.  However after several years almost all of them are still recruits and only 2 have passed novice.  Normaly they should be legendary in at least 1 thing after the first year let alone 3 or 4...

[Ibid Straydrink]

Is there a glitch with military exp going on right now?  I recently started a new game and set my military up as usual.  However after several years almost all of them are still recruits and only 2 have passed novice.  Normaly they should be legendary in at least 1 thing after the first year let alone 3 or 4...

Novice sounds more than a little slow, but Legendary..? Do you normally use danger rooms/unorthodox training methods? Mine are usually skilled within the first year...

How does one capture pixies? I have noticed several swarms of the buggers, I must cage them!

A note on those pixies! I am currently trying to look out for the welfare of Jeff, the fortress fairy. All of his predecessors were smitten by the roving packs of stray cats that haunt the hallways and pray on vermin, friend and foe alike. I've considered creating a pasture in the food stocks and assigning the felineostrosities to it to do their work, and creating a quadruple-door "airlock" to prevent the Jeff and his fabulous friends from following anyone in.

Fun proof..?

[Ifeno]

Is there a glitch with military exp going on right now?  I recently started a new game and set my military up as usual.  However after several years almost all of them are still recruits and only 2 have passed novice.  Normaly they should be legendary in at least 1 thing after the first year let alone 3 or 4...

Novice sounds more than a little slow, but Legendary..? Do you normally use danger rooms/unorthodox training methods? Mine are usually skilled within the first year...

Legendary in one thing...meaning...maybe fighter/wrestler or something.  Or at least elite.  I generally have them trained un-armed before handing them the dangerous toys.  Just mentality that im stuck with from when they actually hurt each other with weapons.  And...i use the term year loosely.  Maybe its not one year on the dot.  Maybe its 1.5 years.  I don't really clock it

[nightwhips]

Is there a glitch with military exp going on right now?  I recently started a new game and set my military up as usual.  However after several years almost all of them are still recruits and only 2 have passed novice.  Normaly they should be legendary in at least 1 thing after the first year let alone 3 or 4...

Novice sounds more than a little slow, but Legendary..? Do you normally use danger rooms/unorthodox training methods? Mine are usually skilled within the first year...

Legendary in one thing...meaning...maybe fighter/wrestler or something.  Or at least elite.  I generally have them trained un-armed before handing them the dangerous toys.  Just mentality that im stuck with from when they actually hurt each other with weapons.  And...i use the term year loosely.  Maybe its not one year on the dot.  Maybe its 1.5 years.  I don't really clock it

Yeah, if you're getting dorfs to legendary in that time, I'd love to know your methods. I have a seven year old fort and despite trying to follow all the suggestions for military I don't have one legendary weapon dorf yet.

[monk12]

Is there a glitch with military exp going on right now?  I recently started a new game and set my military up as usual.  However after several years almost all of them are still recruits and only 2 have passed novice.  Normaly they should be legendary in at least 1 thing after the first year let alone 3 or 4...

Novice sounds more than a little slow, but Legendary..? Do you normally use danger rooms/unorthodox training methods? Mine are usually skilled within the first year...

Legendary in one thing...meaning...maybe fighter/wrestler or something.  Or at least elite.  I generally have them trained un-armed before handing them the dangerous toys.  Just mentality that im stuck with from when they actually hurt each other with weapons.  And...i use the term year loosely.  Maybe its not one year on the dot.  Maybe its 1.5 years.  I don't really clock it

Yeah, if you're getting dorfs to legendary in that time, I'd love to know your methods. I have a seven year old fort and despite trying to follow all the suggestions for military I don't have one legendary weapon dorf yet.

As regards general (non-exploit) training speed increases, you should have smaller squads using a single weapon. Smaller squads mean there are fewer demonstrations (since one dwarf will only need to bring one or two others up to speed) and more sparring (once they have similar skill sets.) Focusing on one weapon means they only try to train one weapon skill. I normally don't see Legendaries through this method until a few years later at least, and normally they hit Legendary Fighter/etc well before weapon skill catches up.

[Ifeno]

Is there a glitch with military exp going on right now?  I recently started a new game and set my military up as usual.  However after several years almost all of them are still recruits and only 2 have passed novice.  Normaly they should be legendary in at least 1 thing after the first year let alone 3 or 4...

Novice sounds more than a little slow, but Legendary..? Do you normally use danger rooms/unorthodox training methods? Mine are usually skilled within the first year...

Legendary in one thing...meaning...maybe fighter/wrestler or something.  Or at least elite.  I generally have them trained un-armed before handing them the dangerous toys.  Just mentality that im stuck with from when they actually hurt each other with weapons.  And...i use the term year loosely.  Maybe its not one year on the dot.  Maybe its 1.5 years.  I don't really clock it

Yeah, if you're getting dorfs to legendary in that time, I'd love to know your methods. I have a seven year old fort and despite trying to follow all the suggestions for military I don't have one legendary weapon dorf yet.

As regards general (non-exploit) training speed increases, you should have smaller squads using a single weapon. Smaller squads mean there are fewer demonstrations (since one dwarf will only need to bring one or two others up to speed) and more sparring (once they have similar skill sets.) Focusing on one weapon means they only try to train one weapon skill. I normally don't see Legendaries through this method until a few years later at least, and normally they hit Legendary Fighter/etc well before weapon skill catches up.

Not sure if this matters but i rarely have my dorfs spar.  Rather i have em do..."target practice".  Traders, Ambushes, Any wild animals.  I pretty much have my military run around and slaughter everything that moves...

With fighting and wrestling, a single elephant can go a loooooooong way.  Similarly if you have em train hammering using wooden crossbows.  Also, i try to have my dorfs 1v1.  Meaning 1 dwarf vs 1 elephant...gang rape kills enemies too quickly...

[PainRack]

Here's a quick question regarding coffins.
I have a couple of dwarves buried in coffins that I would like to "relocate". What happens when I remove the construction?


I'm placing to build a grander manuesoleum for my mayor child, along with the impending death of a near legendary siege engineer(damn you. Why the hell did you equipp yourself with a xbow against a goblin archer?). How can I relocate their coffins?

Similarly, one can't assign a tomb to a dwarf after they died, but can I rebuild a tombroom?

[Tiruin]

Is there a glitch with military exp going on right now?  I recently started a new game and set my military up as usual.  However after several years almost all of them are still recruits and only 2 have passed novice.  Normaly they should be legendary in at least 1 thing after the first year let alone 3 or 4...

Novice sounds more than a little slow, but Legendary..? Do you normally use danger rooms/unorthodox training methods? Mine are usually skilled within the first year...

Legendary in one thing...meaning...maybe fighter/wrestler or something.  Or at least elite.  I generally have them trained un-armed before handing them the dangerous toys.  Just mentality that im stuck with from when they actually hurt each other with weapons.  And...i use the term year loosely.  Maybe its not one year on the dot.  Maybe its 1.5 years.  I don't really clock it

Yeah, if you're getting dorfs to legendary in that time, I'd love to know your methods. I have a seven year old fort and despite trying to follow all the suggestions for military I don't have one legendary weapon dorf yet.

As regards general (non-exploit) training speed increases, you should have smaller squads using a single weapon. Smaller squads mean there are fewer demonstrations (since one dwarf will only need to bring one or two others up to speed) and more sparring (once they have similar skill sets.) Focusing on one weapon means they only try to train one weapon skill. I normally don't see Legendaries through this method until a few years later at least, and normally they hit Legendary Fighter/etc well before weapon skill catches up.

Sorry for a quote pyramid but I've found that you CAN have a Legendary squad of soldiers in the first year. Just that...They are your founding team.

Generally a 2 or 3 man squad will spar with each other with no problem so that is what you start with. Same weapon or not, I've not experienced problems as they spar all the same but the rate of individual drills is more than if they all had the same weapons. Just in the first month, if you have a couple of dwarves that are set with the same weapon (like a novice sword), they will be sparring by the end of the first or the second month  .
Set the training to the max number of dwarves in the squad and build an armor stand and weapon rack straight off and you're set.

Well, this is all in my opinion though but it always works with me. No need for traps