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[ildamos]

^Subject.

The "u" button? No faster way than this? Mind you, I'm not complaining, just curious if there's a faster way to do it.

[Gentle Manne]

Pressing (s) (a) (k) (l) will give you the list of (visible) units that aren't yours on the map.

[ildamos]

I knew it. Thanks!

[schussel]

assuming you got a military squad yet^^

[Skorpion]

Sieges:
Check the unit list.

Ambushes and thieves:
You can't! They could be lurking, stealthed, right outside your gate. Just beyond your guard dogs. Across the map, camping the remains of the last squad.
Under your chair...

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

If you're using .12 or lower, Runesmith can help find anything hidden.
You can also use Runesmith to remove corpses from the Deceased list.

[Eskielidder]

Sieges:
Check the unit list.

Ambushes and thieves:
You can't! They could be lurking, stealthed, right outside your gate. Just beyond your guard dogs. Across the map, camping the remains of the last squad.
Under your chair...

I must channel magma into my comp room and have a 2/7 tile under my chair now!

[Untelligent]

I think in the second summer of my fortress when my major river melted like four hidden kobolds fell into it. That was amusing.

[Skorpion]

Sieges:
Check the unit list.

Ambushes and thieves:
You can't! They could be lurking, stealthed, right outside your gate. Just beyond your guard dogs. Across the map, camping the remains of the last squad.
Under your chair...

I must channel magma into my comp room and have a 2/7 tile under my chair now!

Don't forget a drawbridge and moat for the door!

[ildamos]

Hoaly helle! This game has stealthed units. Effing awesome.

If you're using .12 or lower, Runesmith can help find anything hidden.
You can also use Runesmith to remove corpses from the Deceased list.

Nah, that sounds like a quasi-cheat but thanks!

Question: How do you order your civilians to get inside? I tried finding it under the (o)rders menu but I couldn't find it. (Or maybe I missed it.) Also will you squad go out if I order civvies in but order the military squads to kill goblins outside?

[Skorpion]

In v31?
It's complicated. You have to set up a burrow that's basically living quarters and food stockpiles and work areas, then set up an alert to confine the civvies TO it.
The military are unaffected by civilian alerts. They can be commanded at will.

There's an illustrated guide on the wiki that I found VERY handy.

[Halnoth]

seiges are easy. If the big red siege sign is gone from the top left your enemy is dead or fled.

[WrathNail]

Individual stealth detection of squads makes ambushes a pain. Even if you can clearly see all members of a squad dying or fleeing, there may just be another lurking somewhere closeby.

[ildamos]

Thanks!


Also:

The military are unaffected by civilian alerts. They can be commanded at will.

Very informative, that.

[Aravin]

Build a perimeter wall with multiple entrances and set near entrances 4-5 cage traps + 2-3 war dogs. It's the best way to prevent thieves. As for ambushes - send your military for scouting every season - before caravan comes.