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I can't seem to figure out how to do the most important thing, which is pet my pets, how do I do it? I can't find the option, is it buried somewhere?

Basically curious I have a deep metals only fortress in a world but I'm not sure where I should start my exploratory mining.   I mean I know the wiki says -17 to -61,  but do I count from the Highest point that has walkable tiles, or do I count from the lowest suface point with walk-able tiles?
I also kinda went somewhere that was a bit mountainous as you do so I have a low point that would be still be the surface and walk-able and a high point that would the surface and walk-able.

So I was wondering, is there a table or anything that can tell you what needs you can actually complete to lose the Distracted status?  I'm aware Make Romance is impossible to fix at the moment, what are some other ones?


For example since you can get companions is there a way to stoke a friendship with them to satisfy the "be with friends" need if you have it?   


What would be nice as stated above, is there's a table or something that lists  possible vs impossible?

I'm no good at large topics like this but I just wanted to share one of the procedural Generated Instruments in my Current Fortress/world  It's called the Solon and I'm pretty sure it's basically an acoustic/analog Keytar made of stone.

See smaller image in lower post.  unless you get scroll bars in spoiler tags.  Then this one might be easier to read.


Oh if you decide to post an image of  the description maybe put it in spoilers incase to files to large

Or more specifically would I double the  "Area" or would I double the Height/Width (For example would two yak's need 32x32 or would they only need 512)

Since Yak's on the wiki have a recommended Pasture size of 16x16, and the Pasture Area is 256.

And yes I understand they are likely better handled by slaughter but I was gouing to wait to slaughter them till I was a bit more settled with the fortress.


I should point out math is not my strong suit.
I think I doubled the area wrong.

I'm having trouble logging into Dwarf Fortress Map Archive.   Is there a "resend my password" or "Forgot Password" option on that site anywhere?

Edit: *Turns out you can get notepad 2 for windows to help with this issue (I used the zip to avoid losing my default notepad)*  you can also use Edit from the command prompt but C&P is kinda hard to do for words with special characters.

I know currently there is a program to make your own languages for Dwarf fortress using the existing raws, but my main question is:
Are there any programs that can read the raws for languages that keep in the special characters/Accented.   Apparently the raws use code page 437 ( read that in an old topic about the similar situation) though programs that supposedly can handle that still give you Mojibake characters for the letters like еутвя.

-glares at notepad++-
or failing that, anyone got a chart that can translate what each mojibake character represents?

Again I'm looking to read them outside DF.


I should mention I usually use tilesets that don't change the letters that much as I rarely use graphics.

So I settled near a brook that instantly became stagnant as they are wont to do lately and I'm currently trying to set myself up with a pump purification facility and aqueduct.   How difficult is it to pull this off and avoid further stagnation of water sources?  And how likely is an underground cistern to become another festering Mosquito pit (What? that's where they usually live isn't it?)  It'll be one tile wide with floors and walls constructed of stone and wood.   It's also got a bit to travel  any tips on setting up a decent pump flow to keep it clean?




I'll upload a pick of my idea if it'll help visualize what I'm doing at the moment, just in the digging stages at the moment.