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[Dbuhos]

I just got to play Dwarf Fortress again, and when I try to see the underground it doesn't work. I keep pushing the > and < key but nothing, so I can't get into the underground. What should I do ? :/

[tieme]

Make sure you aren't typing '.' instead of '>'  (remember to hold shift).

If that doesn't work, are you using some kind of mod, some come with non standard key bindings.

Hit esc, go to key bindings, and rebind <> to the correct actions.

[Boingboingsplat]

Do you mean the caverns and such? You have to actually dig down and find them with your dwarves.

[slothen]

change the keybinding then.

[Dbuhos]

Umm...I'm trying to keybind it again. But I can't find the needed action. Which is it ?

[Richard]

I just got to play Dwarf Fortress again, and when I try to see the underground it doesn't work. I keep pushing the > and < key but nothing, so I can't get into the underground. What should I do ? :/

this is probably not it,  but are you pressing shift + <, or shift + >?
Plus as already mentioned you need to have dug down to find them?

[Psieye]

So let me get this straight: you cannot change z-level view at all? Or are you changing z-level view but you can't see the underground caverns?

[tieme]

Change view/level up (z)
Change view/level down(z)

[ThiefofTime]

the mayday image pack changes the keybindings from default DF.

[Dbuhos]

So let me get this straight: you cannot change z-level view at all? Or are you changing z-level view but you can't see the underground caverns?

I didn't dug the underground up or anything, I use shift + > or < to get up and down. But when I first played I could see the underground caves etc, and now I can't. It just remains at the upper level I spawn at.

[tieme]

You can only see stuff you have discovered.  Otherwise it will be black.  Once you break into a cave, it will reveal a large portion of it (the part you can see from where you break in).  Dwarves have great vision underground, but not x-ray vision.

[Corona688]

I didn't dug the underground up or anything, I use shift + > or < to get up and down. But when I first played I could see the underground caves etc, and now I can't. It just remains at the upper level I spawn at.

You must have lucked into a site with open caves your first time around.  Not typical.

[Dbuhos]

Hmmm, I understand now, thanks for helping .

Oh there, one more question, after building stairs down, how to order my dwarf to go down there ?

[zecro]

You have to build stairs up on that level.

Build stairs down into ground.
Go down a level.
Build stairs up into the down stairs.

I warned you about stairs, bro. I told ya dog!