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[Moleculor]

Right, so I'm back to DF again, after yet another very long break.

So of course I've not only forgotten most things, but there are new bugs and stuff to discover! Yay!

I've just had my third or fourth migrant wave (Armok, but they keep coming!) and I've spontaneously noticed that, lo, the brewer that just showed up, that only has a single skill, that of brewing, and a job description of brewer... doesn't have "brewing" selected in his labors.

Oh. Joy.

So I've gone over a few other dwarfs... slowly... and discovered that they too are "professionals" who don't do their jobs.

What's the fastest/easiest way to fix this issue, besides magma?

[AngleWyrm]

Dwarf Therapist, then give them a quick lookover. The little labor boxes are marked in black for skills they have, and then highlighted in blue if the labor is actually active. Just click on any that aren't highlighted.

[Moleculor]

But I don't want to rap... oh, therapist!

Right.

Bah, I tend to be "against" 3rd party tools, but DF is a bit unfinished, so I s'pose it couldn't hurt.

Though it looks like that program isn't compatible with the latest version of DF?

[SlimyMarmot]

The latest file on the downloads page is perfectly compatible, looks like the supported versions-page hasn't been updated.

[schussel]

after all whats the big deal about manually checking on the specific labours then if you are against DT ..which in  my  opinion is a must have for decent playalong esp after  you hit the 100 dwarf mark (making switching those soldiers close enough to not be champions on their weapon so one can continue to have them operate pumps, mine or chuck trees for training just in a glance is a dream come true or switch all haulers to stoneonly or woodonly for example)

the specific issue is btw a 50% standard ... sometimes less sometimes more gotta live with it

[Astramancer]

You'll also run into situations where they're not named the profession, but are very proficient in it.  This is especially common with military skills.

[celem]

Also..if a dwarf immigrant is skilled in 2 or more jobs theyll often only have the highest one selected by default on arrival.  Sometimes as said they have none, and often if two skills are equal they will have both...its just not reliable and i tend to manually inspect/assign each immigrant as they cross my bridge.

[Namfuak]

Also..if a dwarf immigrant is skilled in 2 or more jobs theyll often only have the highest one selected by default on arrival.  Sometimes as said they have none, and often if two skills are equal they will have both...its just not reliable and i tend to manually inspect/assign each immigrant as they cross my bridge.

Here is what I've found:

If they have no skills above novice, they won't have any labors turned on except hauling/cleaning/patient stuff
If they have one or more skills above novice, their highest will be turned on EXCEPT:
If they have multiple skills of the same category, they will always (I'm pretty sure) be the same skill level and will all be turned on, superseding any higher skills. For example, someone with Adequate stonecrafting/woodcrafting/etc will have all of those turned on even if he is a high master lye maker as well.

[slothen]

Bah, I tend to be "against" 3rd party tools, but DF is a bit unfinished, so I s'pose it couldn't hurt.

do it anyway.  i don't use any other third party tools, but having used therapist for a few months, I would consider any fortress with +40 dwarves unplayable without it.  Not an exaggeration.  It makes your labor force much more versatile and responsive to your current needs, and its primary functionality (spreadsheet style dwarves vs labors/skills) is something i would expect in a 'finished' dwarf mode anyway.

[FuzzyZergling]

Have they fixed the assigning of jobs that require weapons in Therapist yet?

[beekay]

DF is genuinely unplayable for me without Therapist. It simplifies workforce management by orders of magnitude.