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On my 7 dorf challenge fort, I got an Orc siege on the first winter. "No problem, I'll just get them inside and seal off the outer walls. Well, I got the courtyard sealed up, but for some reason, the dwarves wouldn't go inside when I ordered them to. I set a meeting hall and tried both "All" and "Soldiers", and they did go inside, but not for long. They kept trying to go harvest plants from the farm (which has an outside entrance), then canceling because of a "forbidden area".

I know this is supposed to happen, but this is happening in a constant cycle. They try to go out, come back in, go out, in, out, in, ect. What is going on here?

Oh, right. 40d11.

Just thought I'd share a cool embark site I found. It's nothing too impressive (Magma pipe, brook, Chasm, underground river, trees and sand), but it is kind of odd. It has both sedimentary layers and Ext. Igneous in the same mountain, with the igneous rock covering the sedimentary layers. It's got a good number of trees, white sand, and "untamed wilderness" on the outside, and in the mountain is a variety of rocks (including bauxite, magnetite, kimberlite with diamonds).

It's no Dwarf Heaven, but it is decent enough to support mega projects and such. It is lacking in HFS, but there is some to the west if you can handle a loss of some FPS.

So in a nutshell:

Flux
Magma
Plenty of tress
Chasm
Brook
Sedmentary AND ext. igneous layers
Cave spiders (small)
Sand
Magnetite (and Hematite)
Kimberlite
Bauxite
Underground River
No HFS (But 2 more left and 1 more down and you'll have it.
Warm
Untamed wilds
Pretty cool looking
Occasional Giant Eagle
Other stuff, I'm sure, but this is all I can think of.

Seed:
NOTE: I genned this in 40d11 it may or may not be compatible with older versions, but I'm sure it might.

NOTE2: I used the Civ Forge mod in the genning. I don't know if this will influence the outcome or not.

NOTE3: The world gen seems to want to make it very different, so try the download if it doesn't work.

Pichurz


'Scuse me for mah noobiness, I didn't feel like regenning to get a better picture. Also picture quality sucks.

I'll try to get a picture of the map, unless someone else can do it.

Download: http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=979

OK, let's see if this works. Tell me if you are having trouble with something, as this is the first time I've uploaded a pre-genned world. I Probably did it wrong. 

'Ello. I am pretty new to Dwarf Fortress (well, I've been playing for a month or two, but I haven't experienced much) and I have a few questions I have been wondering.

The first is: which is stronger- a wolf or a war dog? I managed to capture a pack of wolves (they seem to just walk right into my cage traps that were intended for goblins...), and now that they have given birth to several pups, I thought about putting them to good use. I decided I'd chain them (to golden chains  ) at the entrance to the trapped entrance of my fortress, as both a warning system and a anti-theft system. They seem to have brought the whole pack with them, since none have been adopted, so there are about 4 wolves (not including pups) at the chains at a time. I don't want too many out there, as they are probably going to die. So I thought about putting in some war dogs, instead, but I need to know if the extra company the wolves bring are worth it (more powerful).

Part two: I have a mayor (whom I do not think fondly of) who recently requested two bronze items. Given that my map had no bronze (it did in the form of ores, I just didn't care  ), I ignored her mandate. Later, after the mandate ended, my Legendary engraver, who was happily decorating the mayor's office with masterpieces, was beaten by my Captain of the Guard. During the fight, I demoted this idiot, and wondered why he did that. I checked the justice screen, and saw that the engraver has been charged with not creating the bronze items, despite having no metalsmithing skills. Why is this?

Part three: How is babby dragon formed? Can two captured and tamed dragons breed? They'd make better defenders than canines. 

If you don't like to read:

• Are wolves stronger than war dogs?
• Why do innocent dwarves get arrested?
• Can a dragon breed with another dragon (in game)?

Thank you for (not?) reading. Oh, and "magma" is not a legitimate answer.