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[SombreNote]

So I have made a few bars of soap, and I set them on a stockpile next to a little dipping pool. I also have a well in the other room. I was wondering when exactly dwarves will decide to go clean themselves up. All the bars I have made for them have been left dormant for a year now.

I know they are all covered in blood, why aren't they cleaning themselves? Do I need to make a hospital zone before they do this?

[Uristocrat]

So I have made a few bars of soap, and I set them on a stockpile next to a little dipping pool. I also have a well in the other room. I was wondering when exactly dwarves will decide to go clean themselves up. All the bars I have made for them have been left dormant for a year now.

I know they are all covered in blood, why aren't they cleaning themselves? Do I need to make a hospital zone before they do this?

I think they like to use the well for some reason.  Try building one of those.

Alternately, try marking that dipping pool as a water source.

[SombreNote]

Well I do have both a well and a dipping pool next to the soap bars. So I have just been waiting for one of them to use some soap.

[Uristocrat]

Well I do have both a well and a dipping pool next to the soap bars. So I have just been waiting for one of them to use some soap.

They might also have to be infected or injured somehow, rather than merely being dirty.  And I would still mark your pool as a water source, just for good measure.

[Sphalerite]

I'm wondering if the fix to stop dwarves from spamming messages when trying to use soap may have been to disable dwarves from using soap outside the hospital entirely.

[Uristocrat]

I'm wondering if the fix to stop dwarves from spamming messages when trying to use soap may have been to disable dwarves from using soap outside the hospital entirely.

That's possible.  I always put one of my wells in the hospital, anyhow.

[SombreNote]

I hope you are wrong, but you have a point.

One of the reasons I want them to clean themselves, is because I hear all the records of what messes they have attached to their bodies slows the FPS.

[Uristocrat]

I hope you are wrong, but you have a point.

One of the reasons I want them to clean themselves, is because I hear all the records of what messes they have attached to their bodies slows the FPS.

I think it's actually the continual spread of messes that kills FPS.  In that regard, I suggest downloading dfhack and using dfcleanmap periodically.

[SombreNote]

I heard that to, but then I was hearing about how it is a good idea to trap a bunch of dwarves behind a water pit, and force them to run though it to clean it off. I did this once a long time again, and it DID seem to help.

I embarked to a 2x2, map and I am going to make a magma shoot refuse pile, so I hope I will be able to keep FPS high. Capping the dwarves at 50 shouldn't hurt either, but I found that it didn't make that much of a difference in the long run.