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Just keep going to the right, it shouldn't be any further across than a screen and a half (it does vary a bit, because the river zigzags).

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Nah, they aren't worth as much as a decent double engraving... check the wiki

That actually works? Bridges with walls on was on my freakin wishlist... I'm going to have to restart now. Dammit.

Hey, welcome to DF! Don't worry about having lots of questions, everyone has them to start, and even the long time players are just getting to grips with the latest version. There are always people happy to help on these forums. Though you should check the wiki if it's a simple question about gameplay, or some of the less friendly people on here will yell at you.

About your questions, I wouldn't rely on the mouse for playing DF. The interface hasn't really been optimised yet due to the alpha state... The developer has decided that the game is likely to change so much that time spent on it would probably be wasted in the long run. Nevertheless, it is still very functional. A major tip that might not be obvious - If you want to scroll faster, on screens like the mining designation screen you can hold down the shift key to jump ten spaces instead of one.

As for quitting without saving, it isn't really recommended but you can exit with ctrl-alt-del and end process. It might mess up your world, but it probably won't. Something else you should definitely do is go to the .init file hidden in the DF folder and turn on seasonal autosaves. If you don't want to risk messing up your game, you can quit and replace your region save with the autosave (the region is the save for the entire world you have generated). Delete the region saves folders contents and then copy and paste the whole contents of the autosave into it.

But definitely turn it on. When DF crashes/goblins slaughter everyone/you irreversibly flood your fortress/everyone starves/fortress caves in/everyone catches fire/(etc.) at 4 in the morning and you've been playing without saving since 10 at night, you want to kill something. Have fun!

Seems that you get migrants with every type of skill now. Personally, my useless immigrants either wrestle with each other or a pump until they can pull their own weight.

Okay, I have a few vomit and bloodstained clothes hanging around from a diplomat who had some leaving difficulties... and I want to be rid of them. I've designated a garbage dump activity zone and I've also set the clothes to be dumped (I've not forbidden them or anything) but it seems my dwarves aren't interested in moving them, much to my dismay. They're completely screwing with my major project, an underground reservoir in which will sit a clear glass tower. Ideally, the water won't be full of tattered clothing... so can anyone think of any obvious reason why they might be being ignored?

The best thing to do is build the metalworkers forge the instant the first metalworker arrives, and lock it in a room. That way, it can't really be lost - it won't vanish, and tantruming dwarves won't smash the thing

Great, thanks.