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Both Meph and Mayhem have made very nice tilesets for DF, and they seem like the right people to consult and do the artwork.  While I look forward to their tileset I hope for you guys to put more effort in developing  a unified robust system for tileset creation.  Making it easier, for people like you, who want to make tilesets for DF.

So three hopes out of the steam release


#1 simple, documented, robust system for adding tilesets via workshop or elsewhere.

#2 Tileset selection in-game from main menu.

#3 Have the original ASCII graphics always available. It would be weird to have to mod back in acsii graphics for the steam version.

I am looking at my character's description, how do I learn more about the deity I worship?

Usually its in their somewhere (z key, d key).  Either it says straight up 'is a worshiper of Igs Oilgorge...' or it says 'unfocused from being unable to pray to Igs Oilgorge...'

Also if you go into quest menu (Q key) and then to people (p key) then somewhere in that list it will list your Diety and say 'you worship this figure.' Its not highlighted it just somewhere in the list.

still haven't figured out that schedule thing - i tried following the wiki guides and it just didn't work as intended.

As far as I can tell you have to setup the schedule AND you have to manually toggle the barracks. If you don't do both then it seems random what the dwarves actually do.  Which makes the whole schedule pointless as far as training goes, not sure about patrols etc..

If you have the schedule to train but a barracks isn't set for them to train at, then sometimes they train, sometimes they do labors/socialize etc...

If you have the barracks set for them to train but not the schedule then sometimes they train and sometimes they do labors/socialize etc...

But if you have both the barracks and the schedule set to train then they WILL be at the barracks training (except for running around eating and sleeping).

I also do the third step and remove all their labors while I want them to train, but I don't think its needed.

That is the best I can figure.

Not sure about the food problems, but my current work strategy has been my most successful in terms of happiness.

I have 4 squads (more but 4 is good for example) Spring Squad,
Summer Squad, Autumn Squad, Winter Squad.

Each is scheduled for Training during the seasonal months, all other months set to inactive. They all are inactive = Uniformed.

Then each season rotate each squad through work duties.

Military Training
Labor (hauling, building, etc..)
Resource (Mining, Butchery, Wood Cutting etc...)
Crafting (Cooking, Carpentry, Mason, Weaving, metal etc..)

So a squad during its season is military, then next season is labor, next season is resource, etc...  I change their active labor skills through DT every season.

All the dorfs stay diversified, trained, and well socialized.  For those few that don't conform to this and insist on being unhappy, I have a reserve squad that I put them in and assign them specialized duty, which usually means they are a noble.

No, they won't until you either provoke them by raiding them, or pass a siege permission trigger. The only trigger enabled in the default raws is the pop one, and it's set at a pop of 80...

On my current fortress I have been keeping my pop low.  On year five I got sieged (said siege at top of screen) with a pop of 42.  13 goblin archers.   I had never sent out a mission or raid.

So maybe there is another trigger other than pop 80 or raiding.

As for this OLD topic would be fun to try a 'Caster's Keep' fortress.