a few questions:
1) i'm interested in making soap both for my hospital (as i enjoy an army based defense over a trap based one, so i'll need a hosptial, plus i'm going to start working with magma pistons, the FUN that will cause >_>). I've heard Lye can become bugged and made with a bucket containing water. How do i avoid this?
2) in a 200 population fortress, how many should be soldiers to actively deal with level 3 caverns, late game sieges and mega beasts.
3) How do i order specific items of clothing to be dyed, and then specific dwarves in the military to wear them?
4) How much use is the textiles industry in general? I've never relied on it before, my wealth usually comes from gold / rock crafts
5) What's the easiest way to attract a dragon to my fort? (i want to tame it, edit the raws so it isnt EXOTIC)
6) For a very interesting game, what should my world gen settings be, and what kind of area should i embark to? (Not a really hard one, but an intermediate kind of area)
7) finally - how do i get captured animals to fight each other? i want to make an arena, and getting a tamed bear i bought off the elves to fight one of my dwarves (unarmed like a boss) didn't work >_>
EDIT: Bonus question - How much does designating high traffic, low traffic areas increase fps? is it worth it? (i've already set G_FPS and such things to help, i can hold steady on 40 on my 10 year fort during a siege)