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Author Topic: Getting dwarves to go off break.  (Read 2414 times)

Vehudur

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Getting dwarves to go off break.
« on: October 17, 2011, 04:06:02 pm »
I had literally 2/3 of my fortress go on break at the same time.  How do I get them to stop being lazy fucks and do their jobs?

This includes all my masons and the entire medical team.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2011, 04:10:07 pm »
They all have breaks. no escaping that. Booze shortens breaks. Without booze, or good booze, they go on longer and longer breaks until they effectively decide they cannot be arsed any more.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2011, 04:19:22 pm »
They have a whole stockpile full of barrels of varied, high quality booze.  /sigh
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2011, 04:19:58 pm »
Then you have a fortress of Dwarfa the Hutt
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2011, 04:30:39 pm »
I killed a few of them with !!Magma!! just for the satisfaction of it.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2011, 04:35:44 pm »
Didn't help.

This fort has poor minerals anyways.   No iron, no silver, only one candy vein.  No coal or limestone to use goblinite, too bad the goblins are extinct anyways.

And the dwarves are still doing nothing, ofc.  So, I shal now flood the fort with !!Magma!! and watch the !!FUN!!.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2011, 04:36:25 pm »
Quote from: Wannazzaki on October 17, 2011, 04:10:07 pm
They all have breaks. no escaping that. Booze shortens breaks. Without booze, or good booze, they go on longer and longer breaks until they effectively decide they cannot be arsed any more.
Source? I've never heard this.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2011, 04:42:02 pm »
Quote from: forsaken1111 on October 17, 2011, 04:36:25 pm
Quote from: Wannazzaki on October 17, 2011, 04:10:07 pm
They all have breaks. no escaping that. Booze shortens breaks. Without booze, or good booze, they go on longer and longer breaks until they effectively decide they cannot be arsed any more.
Source? I've never heard this.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Alcohol#Consequences_of_a_Sober_Fortress
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2011, 04:45:25 pm »
Nothing in that article mentions going on break more often without alcohol, it just says they lose speed which makes them perform all operations slower.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2011, 04:46:41 pm »
Quote from: forsaken1111 on October 17, 2011, 04:45:25 pm
Nothing in that article mentions going on break more often without alcohol, it just says they lose speed which makes them perform all operations slower.

Correct. Huh. Im SURE that bit of info was in the wiki. Maybe i was told it. Still. I live by the rule because it's best to be safe.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2011, 04:51:55 pm »
Having dwarves go without alcohol does destroy any productivity you have but doesn't influence breaks as far as I know. Never a good idea to run out of booze.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2011, 05:10:06 pm »
A small cave-in into the meeting area can make dwarves reconsider their current activity, being idle in this case.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2011, 05:23:05 pm »
You can't really prevent breaks. Best thing to do is to use them to make sure the breaking dwarves are happy by having a masterwork statue garden with shiny engravings or something for them to loiter in.

Then again, that can provoke parties. Truly a vicious cycle.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2011, 05:25:27 pm »
Quote from: Deimos56 on October 17, 2011, 05:23:05 pm
You can't really prevent breaks. Best thing to do is to use them to make sure the breaking dwarves are happy by having a masterwork statue garden with shiny engravings or something for them to loiter in.

Then again, that can provoke parties. Truly a vicious cycle.
Use meeting room zones. Then place statues in the meeting room.

Party solved.
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Re: Getting dwarves to go off break.
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2011, 05:26:15 pm »
Alternatively, kill them.

*grins wickedly*
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