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[FuzzyZergling]

If you embark on multiple binomes (say, a tropical shrubland and a tropical marsh that abut one another), do you gain the benefits and penalties of each?  Can you only farm certain things IN that specific area?  Do you have multiple biomes of animal types?  Just curious, thanks.

The only restriction to aboveground farming that I know of is mountains, which gannot be used to farm on.

As for animal types, I'm not certain.

[i2amroy]

If you embark on multiple binomes (say, a tropical shrubland and a tropical marsh that abut one another), do you gain the benefits and penalties of each?  Can you only farm certain things IN that specific area?  Do you have multiple biomes of animal types?  Just curious, thanks.

The only restriction to aboveground farming that I know of is mountains, which gannot be used to farm on.
As for animal types, I'm not certain.

Also oceans don't allow any aboveground farming as well. As for animal types, yes, embarking on multiple biomes will give you access to the animal populations of all of the biomes present. In fact this was integral to the sea serpent farming thread that happened a while back, as only by embarking on the border to two savage ocean biomes was that fortress able to get two sea serpents.

[Callista]

Does the quality of training weapons affect their chances of causing injury?--like, if I give those masterwork wooden training axes to my military, will they chop each others' heads off sparring with them?

[Niccolo]

Does the quality of training weapons affect their chances of causing injury?--like, if I give those masterwork wooden training axes to my military, will they chop each others' heads off sparring with them?

Not at all.

When the militia spar, they always "lightly tap" - so you can actually go right ahead and use live weapons for sparring!

However, if they keep their training weapons and run into battle, a masterwork weapon will work slightly better.

Just don't bother too much with training weapons... I imagine Toady will re-enable their usefulness at some point, but not for now.

[Garath]

training is pretty much no-injury unless like before

[Callista]

Does the quality of training weapons affect their chances of causing injury?--like, if I give those masterwork wooden training axes to my military, will they chop each others' heads off sparring with them?

Not at all.

When the militia spar, they always "lightly tap" - so you can actually go right ahead and use live weapons for sparring!

However, if they keep their training weapons and run into battle, a masterwork weapon will work slightly better.

Just don't bother too much with training weapons... I imagine Toady will re-enable their usefulness at some point, but not for now.

I've got very little metal currently, but a huge amount of wood from clear-cutting. All the woodcutters are using wooden training axes, etc. Lots of wood for cages, though, so I should get some metal with the first shipment of goblinite. Until then, wooden stuff for the militia to train with. What's better in real combat--masterwork training weapons, or wrestling? What about weapon traps--can you make good wooden trap weapons, spikes and things? Or should I just stick to stone?

In case you're wondering, I'm trying to figure out if I can run a fort without ever smelting any ore. All metal comes from traders and invaders... so naturally, for now, I'm short on metal.

Now, once I can get my glass industry going... *daydreams about goblins impaled on pointy green glass traps*

[UristMcDonald]

Alright, I have a serious, serious problem. My current fort brought along one male and eight female turkeys, to produce eggs. Which went very well... Until my dumbass dwarves forgot to COLLECT the eggs. I now have upwards of 100 poults. My FPS is fine, but I need to remove them! Is there any way to do this?! And more importantly, is there any way to do this that won't leave me with 900 "deceased" names?

[FuzzyZergling]

Alright, I have a serious, serious problem. My current fort brought along one male and eight female turkeys, to produce eggs. Which went very well... Until my dumbass dwarves forgot to COLLECT the eggs. I now have upwards of 100 poults. My FPS is fine, but I need to remove them! Is there any way to do this?! And more importantly, is there any way to do this that won't leave me with 900 "deceased" names?

Spike traps in the nest room?

[monk12]

Alright, I have a serious, serious problem. My current fort brought along one male and eight female turkeys, to produce eggs. Which went very well... Until my dumbass dwarves forgot to COLLECT the eggs. I now have upwards of 100 poults. My FPS is fine, but I need to remove them! Is there any way to do this?! And more importantly, is there any way to do this that won't leave me with 900 "deceased" names?

Unfortunately, no. Trading animals is bugged, otherwise that would be an option. It may be best to murder them all before they murder your FPS in turn. Make sure you have adequate food stockpiles so dwarves collect future eggs.

[Callista]

Mass butchery. Only cure for a classic chicksplosion. Alternatively, stuff them all into a cage (one cage will do) to save your FPS and butcher them at leisure, preferably when they grow up.

But I don't think you can remove the "deceased" names, short of modding, and I wouldn't risk it just for that.

[Greiger]

But baby turkeys are adorable!

...drawbridge, raise drawbridge in a direction, make a pasture under the bridges location, assign the babies to it.  Laugh in evil glee as they start ripping eachother apart from overcrowding, lower bridge.

And unfortunately there is no way I am aware of to not add them to the deceased list.  Runesmith or DFHack might have the capability in there someplace, but I haven't really been keeping up with those, so I'm not sure.

Solves half your problem though.  If you want points for style wait til the 22nd of Timber and then dump them all into a lava pit.  Even dwarves need turkey day.

[Niccolo]

I've got very little metal currently, but a huge amount of wood from clear-cutting. All the woodcutters are using wooden training axes, etc. Lots of wood for cages, though, so I should get some metal with the first shipment of goblinite. Until then, wooden stuff for the militia to train with. What's better in real combat--masterwork training weapons, or wrestling? What about weapon traps--can you make good wooden trap weapons, spikes and things? Or should I just stick to stone?

In case you're wondering, I'm trying to figure out if I can run a fort without ever smelting any ore. All metal comes from traders and invaders... so naturally, for now, I'm short on metal.

Now, once I can get my glass industry going... *daydreams about goblins impaled on pointy green glass traps*

It depends. If it's a legendary wrestler, let him wrestle. Otherwise, a weapon is better than nothing... I guess.

There are some wooden trap components that you can make; spiked wooden balls and wooden corkscrews come to mind. I used them to great effect when I had an incursion of badgers. They're blastedly good, too, for wood.

[UristMcDonald]

Actually... If I put 50 or so turkeys in a room with a dwarf, will he train up his block skills as they attack him?

[UristMcDonald]

And also, an unusual problem: Dwarf Fortress seems to run too fast! My FPS rate is ~150, and dwarves are zipping along... what do I do?

[rephikul]

And also, an unusual problem: Dwarf Fortress seems to run too fast! My FPS rate is ~150, and dwarves are zipping along... what do I do?

data\init\init.txt\[FPS_CAP:<speed of choice>]
And wtf man, people usually like them fast....