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Recently picked up the game after a long hiatus, and spent my time per usual building needlessly large structures outside while winding my way through the ground, and I've been disturbed to watch nearly all of my dwarves eventually succumb to suicide.

I've built temples, established a tavern, established a library, set up some reasonably nice jail cells, a sizable hospital, tried to keep folks busy by stuffing our stores with crafts...

But no matter what happens dwarf life now seems to consist of a steadily spreading malaise of constant fistfights and fits of ever-increasing bouts of melancholia, depression and death. 

Is there a better way, or is this the norm until the next update comes along?

Pardon me if this is the wrong thread or a novice's question, but is there a visualizer that's reliably compatible with the latest version?

So, I haven't played since v.43. Now it's v.44. Is there anything I should know about?

Why is it that a companion must vanish if they wander too far from your side? I find this annoying.

So, one of my dwarves inherited the monarchy. Trade with the dwarves was interrupted by some sieges, then another caravan showed up, and the liaison didn't have their usual meeting.

I figured this was because of the ascension of our queen, which was kind of a shame because I had some projects in mind involving particular stones I could not acquire on site.

Then, one year, a liaison came along and as usual offered us the chance to negotiate a trade agreement! Yay!

And the next year, no liaison...

Any idea what's going on here?

Designated some iron junk armor to be melted. Designated a "melt item" job in the smelter. Job cancels because cannot find meltable item.

Is this a bug?

So, I've got a nice late-stage fort going. Curtain wall is established, tavern is busy, temples are occupied, dwarves are generally content. There's even a newly-minted queen sleeping peacefully in her fully-furnished bedroom.

I haven't done a library yet, but in due time...

And I decided that maybe I should set up some proper apartments for my more important dwarves, say the surviving founders and legendary workers, decorated soldiers, that sort of thing. I'm talking not just a decent bedroom, but a decent bedroom with an adjoining dining room, workspace, maybe a private statue garden, that sort of thing, enclosed within a single area akin to a private house.

This raises the question of how to set up such suites, and how to arrange them with reasonable efficiency.

I tried doing something like this more generally a fort or two ago, but it was overwhelming and messy. I think there should be some tidier way to arrange them geometrically.

Anyone else tried to do something like this?

So, I've got some forgotten beasts in my fort. One walled up in a corner, and two more chilling in the caverns.

I've read that things and move around rather randomly when you retire.

Would retiring the fort cause these beasts to go on a rampage once they're not strictly locked away in their particular pixels, or do they just linger there, waiting for an adventurer to activate the fort by stepping into it, or for a reclaim?