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[ancistrus]

So, quickly, If I built a normal dodge trap that goes down 12z levels, built the bottom of the pit with floor bars and made a room under it, that room would get all the goblin blood, right? and if it happenned to be a meeting hall, my dwarves would get all soaked in blood?

[i2amroy]

Actually I'm fairly sure that right now the way blood and contaminants work you would just end up with a bunch of blood spattered grates. Due to a bug in the way it currently works, the blood will just stay floating in the air even if you retract the grates.

[UristMcHuman]

This may sound n00bish, but when my mason goes to grab a rock to make furniture, will he use the closest rock in general, or will he use the closest rock in a stockpile?

For this, I'm using Quantum Stockpiles. (1-tile garbage zones filled with stones)

[FuzzyZergling]

This may sound n00bish, but when my mason goes to grab a rock to make furniture, will he use the closest rock in general, or will he use the closest rock in a stockpile?

For this, I'm using Quantum Stockpiles. (1-tile garbage zones filled with stones)

I believe he will use the closest rock if no stone stockpiles exist, and the nearest stockpiled rock if any stone stockpiles exist.

[greycat]

I believe he will use the closest rock if no stone stockpiles exist, and the nearest stockpiled rock if any stone stockpiles exist.

I'm fairly certain this is incorrect: he will use the closest non-busy rock to wherever he is standing at the moment he accepts the job, regardless of whether it's in a stockpile.

[Neyvn]

Ok two weird things happened...
1: Smelter isn't working at all. Have to assign jobs via Manager. Even outside of burrows like I thought might have been the problem.
2: After reaching the caverns for a strange mood requiring silk, I set up a loom for a weaver. Only to have the weaver spam me with "Cannot Path to webs" despite there being a path there according to the miners/warriors who had been lead into them...

[FuzzyZergling]

Ok two weird things happened...
1: Smelter isn't working at all. Have to assign jobs via Manager. Even outside of burrows like I thought might have been the problem.
2: After reaching the caverns for a strange mood requiring silk, I set up a loom for a weaver. Only to have the weaver spam me with "Cannot Path to webs" despite there being a path there according to the miners/warriors who had been lead into them...

1. This is likely a bug, similar to the "I can't make soap from workshops, only manager" bug. I could be wrong.

2. The weaver is trying to get to a web that is unrevealed. Try revealing the entire cavern.

[Garath]

is it possible for trees to cover so much of the map that caravns cant path to my fort? i havnt been cutting above ground lately since my underground areas provide more wood logs than i need already, but its starting to look decidedly crowded in some areas

[Kogut]

Is it possible to move tame, unassigned, untrained dogs and military in one place and civilians in another?

[Garath]

Is it possible to move tame, unassigned, untrained dogs and military in one place and civilians in another?

one burrow can be assigned as "civilian alert". I'm sure that militairy doesnt fall under that heading anyway, but they can be assigned their own burrow which can be activated or deactivated at will. I never tried to do it with dogs, but i'm confident that creating a pasture doesnt let them run off just because the civvies are in the burrow. I'd have to repasture my sheep every time if that was true. I dont think even trained war dogs will run to their burrows by themself in case of an alert

[Kogut]

On activating alert burrow both dogs and civilians will run toward it. Pasturing requires moving dogs to pasture, but I will try it.

[Garath]

well, you can try pasturing them and then creating a burrow there especially for them?

[Kogut]

Thanks, pastured animals ignore burrow alert.

[Garath]

is it possible for trees to cover so much of the map that caravns cant path to my fort? i havnt been cutting above ground lately since my underground areas provide more wood logs than i need already, but its starting to look decidedly crowded in some areas

shamelessly bumping my own question. I'm still not cutting any extra trees from above ground. its starting to look very crowded and i'm worried that after some time, caravans wont be able to find an entrance NOT blocked by trees. Grounds for worries or no worries mate?

[Sphalerite]

is it possible for trees to cover so much of the map that caravns cant path to my fort? i havnt been cutting above ground lately since my underground areas provide more wood logs than i need already, but its starting to look decidedly crowded in some areas

shamelessly bumping my own question. I'm still not cutting any extra trees from above ground. its starting to look very crowded and i'm worried that after some time, caravans wont be able to find an entrance NOT blocked by trees. Grounds for worries or no worries mate?

Unless you're worried about trying to keep a 3 tile wide path open, you don't need to worry about this.  Trees won't grow densely enough to make an impenetrable, solid wall of trees around your fortress.