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[timtek]

Okay guys, lets not be too hard on him. The game DOES have a steep learning curve.

I wasn't being hard on him, just teasing a little. I actually dropped it twice before saying, ok one more try. Getting it running was a pita the first two times. First time, black screen forever. Second time, oh blah this creation thing takes to long. Third time, fuck you, I will play this damn game if it kills me! It didn't.

[Jayce]

Maybe he didnt assign stockpiles?And sounds like he didnt have enough picks thats why other dwarf quit.

[cyks]

I don't think he planned his embark.  OP if you are still reading: you need to start over and prepare for your journey carefully.  You will be given a chanse to choose how many miners and axes to start with.


If you are confused what your dwarfs are doingn, press (u) to observe thir jobs.

[forsaken1111]

I don't think he planned his embark.  OP if you are still reading: you need to start over and prepare for your journey carefully.  You will be given a chanse to choose how many miners and axes to start with.


If you are confused what your dwarfs are doingn, press (u) to observe thir jobs.

Even if he did Play Now! he'd have had two picks.

[bbad89]

Wow, well this is awkward. Anyway, I got it working. My little mountain castle is underway! And I just didn't understand how to assign labor, as I accidently de-assigned my miner. And yea, I planned my embark, I have 4 pickaxes I believe. And thanks for your kind words :|

[forsaken1111]

Wow, well this is awkward. Anyway, I got it working. My little mountain castle is underway! And I just didn't understand how to assign labor, as I accidently de-assigned my miner. And yea, I planned my embark, I have 4 pickaxes I believe. And thanks for your kind words :|

No worries, the community here isn't terribly tolerant of people who play the game for 10 minutes, don't actually try to understand it, then delete it.

[bbad89]

Also, how do I change the job after I assign someone to labor? All I can do is mining, which is fine if my dwarves want to live on stone alone, but not good for much else. I press V, find someone I want to work somewhere, press p, then L for labor, but I can't select anything else than mining.

[forsaken1111]

the + and - keys on the keypad should scroll up and down the list.

[bbad89]

In the tut, it says to press p for gathering plants to make a farm. Nothing happens.

[forsaken1111]

In the tut, it says to press p for gathering plants to make a farm. Nothing happens.

Which tutorial are you using?

d->p does indeed designate an area for plant gathering but has nothing to do with establishing a farm. It tells anyone with plant gathering labor to begin harvesting highlighted wild plantlife, like surface shrubs.

[Laurin]

First press d from the designation menu (like digging, if you press it outside, it will be automatically set to t for chop trees) then press p then move the cursor to one corner of an area you want, press return, move the cursor to another point and press return again. The area inbetween should now be marked for plant gathering.

[forsaken1111]

And to make a farming area, use b->p to build a farm plot. the ukmh (I think) keys let you resize it.

Note, to farm underground you must muddy the ground before building the farm by having water wash over it. This can be done by digging into a water source or pumping it in.

[Proteus]

At least for underground farms...
for aboveground farms you just need soil
(but for these you have to have first seeds for aboveground plants, obtainable by human or elven traders...those that you brought with you are all underground plants).

Also you will find eventually find caverns when you dig deep enough...
they also contain, aside from dangerous critters, soil that you can use for building farm plots right away

[forsaken1111]

The caverns contain mud, not soil. A small but important difference.

[bbad89]

well I found what I thought was a little pool of water in my mountain, and I decided to build a channel from it to my farm room. BIG mistake....