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[Kogut]

Does having a 3x3 embark help framerate a bit?  My framerate tends to cringe up in a corner and die slowly once I get more than 100 dorfs.

Smaller embark = more FPS

[scriver]

Does having a 3x3 embark help framerate a bit?  My framerate tends to cringe up in a corner and die slowly once I get more than 100 dorfs.

Smaller embark = more FPS

This goes vertically as well. There are options in the advanced worldgen where you can reduce (or increase) the amount of z-levels.

[FrisianDude]

I just saw I could build a floor grate directly on a built floor. How does the result act? I assume I'd better remove the floor, if I want to use the grate to clean Dwarfs.

If the desired goal is clean dwarves, water falling through a grate isn't exactly the optimal solution, for the reasons i2amroy discussed.  Dwarves who are admiring a waterfall up close will become clean, yes, but the grate will become soiled, and then some dwarf will feel compelled to clean it, and you'll get spammed with job cancellations because the grate that he's trying to clean is suddenly in deep water during the job.  It's highly irritating.

The best way to get clean dwarves is to have them walk through 2/7 or 3/7 water.  You can put the dwarf wash troughs right before the waterfall, to avoid contaminating the grate, if you wish.

Hmm, thanks for the tip (to i2amroy as well) but I was thinking of deconstructing the grates after a short period, that should clean them up, no? Seems to work with doors, at least.

[beefsupreme]

I think I understand irrigation, but I'm not totally sure. If I flood and then drain a room deep underground, after the caverns are breached, will floor fungus grow there, allowing me to pasture grazing animals?

[Grumbledwarfskin]

Yes, fungus will grow, and you can use the space as a pasture, farm, or tree farm. Flooding an area with water and draining it leaves "a dusting of mud" behind (sometimes "a pile of mud"), and fungus/shrubs/trees grow on underground mud once the caverns have been breached.

[madjoe5]

Does having a 3x3 embark help framerate a bit?  My framerate tends to cringe up in a corner and die slowly once I get more than 100 dorfs.

Smaller embark = more FPS

This goes vertically as well. There are options in the advanced worldgen where you can reduce (or increase) the amount of z-levels.

And also know that generally, map features (more so than size) tends to affect framerate. Rivers, brooks and especially oceans are pretty expensive fps wise. I dont know much about ponds/ lakes or other stationary waters.

Actually, does anyone know how much of an affect stationary environment things (like murky pools or even above ground boulders or trees/shrubs) have on fps?

[AWellTrainedFerret]

Yes, fungus will grow, and you can use the space as a pasture, farm, or tree farm. Flooding an area with water and draining it leaves "a dusting of mud" behind (sometimes "a pile of mud"), and fungus/shrubs/trees grow on underground mud once the caverns have been breached.

Just a quick question. I was away from 3.18 until this newest path 3.25. Does mud in caverns still disappear on reclaiming a lost fort?

[scriver]

Yes, fungus will grow, and you can use the space as a pasture, farm, or tree farm. Flooding an area with water and draining it leaves "a dusting of mud" behind (sometimes "a pile of mud"), and fungus/shrubs/trees grow on underground mud once the caverns have been breached.

Just a quick question. I was away from 3.18 until this newest path 3.25. Does mud in caverns still disappear on reclaiming a lost fort?

Mantis case file is still open, so it looks like it's not been fixed yet.

[i2amroy]

Actually, does anyone know how much of an affect stationary environment things (like murky pools or even above ground boulders or trees/shrubs) have on fps?

For the pools as long as all of them are at the same x/7 level they shouldn't take any processing power at all. If they start to dry up they will be taking up processing power as it moves the water around inside the pool, but even so it shouldn't take up that much unless you have a ton of pools in your embark. For the boulders it shouldn't take any power at all so it should have no effect. The trees will have an effect but it will be so small that it can basically be considered to have no effect. Basically it would be similar to having a dwarf take one extra step every time a tree grew to maturity, and the placement part of it shouldn't take up any really since the grass is already being placed as well.

[bloomis]

Is there some sort of trick to using fortifications?  I've got dwarves with crossbows on one side, goblins on the other, and I gave them the kill command.  Nobody's shooting.

[beefsupreme]

Is there some sort of trick to using fortifications?  I've got dwarves with crossbows on one side, goblins on the other, and I gave them the kill command.  Nobody's shooting.

If the dwarves don't get right up next to the fortifications, they can't shoot through unless they have a high enough marksman attribute (I want to say master, but that might be wrong)

[Sphalerite]

Is there some sort of trick to using fortifications?  I've got dwarves with crossbows on one side, goblins on the other, and I gave them the kill command.  Nobody's shooting.

The kill command only works if the dwarves can path to the goblins, and usually results in them trying to melee the target.  You'e better off ordering them to stand where they can see the goblins.  Also, use walls to force them to stand right next to the fortifications, since ordering them to a position only results in them standing vaguely near the position unless you give them no choice.

[bloomis]

I don't think the kill command is the issue.  I've tried it with and without.  And my dwarves are in the adjacent squares.  Is there a minimum range?  My target is three or four squares from the fortifications.

[Sphalerite]

That should work.  Check their inventory and make sure they have ammunition.

[bloomis]

OK, I've got another question.  Any tips for avoiding the spread of insanity?  This has happened to me a couple of times, where something bad happens, and it puts everybody in a foul mood, and drives a couple of dwarves insane.  Next thing you know, they're attacking passersby, and probably murdering, and that puts all of the victim's buddies in an even worse mood, and before you know it, some of them go crazy and the whole cycle gets worse and worse.  This last time, I accidentally walled in two dwarves and a baby, and by the time I noticed, they were crazy and/or dead.  I'm losing more fortresses to this than not.

So, once I notice that lots of dwarves are miserable or maybe crazy, is it already too late?  Or is there something I could do to stem the tide of madness?