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having recently tried retiring a fortress and visiting it again in adventure mode, the game does provide a hint of what might come. it is true as i sort of want to 'take control of a fortress in adventure mode', but still be able to build in fortress mode. the reason why i want to be able to switch back and forth seamlessly is to speed up the build process. having to sit there while you infinitely press the period button so they get their jobs done. wouldnt it be nicer if you could reautomate the dwarf AKA using a key to unpossess the dwarf, and have fortress mode space pause/resume?

a wise man once said: never send a monkey to do a mans job. having many 'you just walled yourself off' scenario, being able to accurately do what is needed may help some of the more casual players. i like to play DF for its building aspects, and not for most other !!FUN!! things like surviving against impossible odds. the usual 'siege is here, station guys --- nah, im on a break' thing gets me (thank armok for DFhacks siren).

this does have 2 effects though. it helps more casual players play, while increasing management for a time. id like to see where 'taking control of the government' might lead us to, it might realize a part of this suggestion.

still fairly new, played a while back with workflow, now learning the manager orders. kudos to all you researchers.

id like to vote this for president, along with a sticky and a max priority search order on perpetual set to daily to help new players with micromanaging :3

has anyone done any extensive research on how to use the manager properly? its pretty daunting using the stock manager without something to guide you through all of the various options.

what are the a r p supposed to mean? the different inequalities? o means start this job after that job is finished.

using charcoal as an example, i gave a 0 perpetual order with the basic a r p.
amount of items - at least - 0
logs - at least - 10
refined coal - at most - 10

what does amount of items refer to? the charcoal themselves?
roughly, this translates to: a continuous job that starts once there are 10 logs on the map, and stops when there 10 charcoal. even on a continuous cycle, shouldnt the last condition pause the job until there are less than 10?

honestly id like to avoid redoing the entire manager orders because i have too many running. even with so many announcement cancellations id tough it out and prepare with new knowledge on properly using the manager.

as for which DF are you playing? im on LNP, i doubt thatll make any difference though. im pretty sure this isnt the cause.
0009792: [Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, General] Managed jobs decrement all like orders, producing wrong number of total items (Toady One) - resolved

dont think ive seen this yet.

if gods, ghosts, goblins and other giggitys exist, why not a dwarf you can command like in adventure mode? this dwarf does the job of any normal dwarf, then at a tap of a key, it turns into a fortress mode like game. they start at basic attributes you can raise over time with skill and stuff. you can recruit (they will never reject? a bit OPd?) and have a merry adventure in your embark region. the dwarf is ageless, but can be killed/diededed.

it sounds like a rework of the entire game, and IMO i think the game was meant to have something like this implemented some time in the future.

thoughts?

awh, thanks for the info. hoping this plea gets heard by someone and make the management a bit easier.

weird, i only see 2 automatic, it might be possible with ☼modding skills☼. as for fishing, how do dorfs magically know they shouldnt eat fish until its been cleaned. achievement get +1 point to IQ

is this thread still active?

ey guys, new to the game and stuff. looks just like what i wanted, simcity (pre MMO) had a baby with minecraft. im currently having too much *cough* fun *cough* ATM.

not sure if its been suggested before or not (cant find through search) seeing how ghosts are relatively new (CMIIW), but could there be a gameplay option that disables ghosts? we do have a lot to worry about, having unnamed ghosts wreaking havoc is just too much *cough* fun *cough*. luckily we can close the game without saving unlike both games above (except for backing up minecraft saves), it makes a nice stress killer.

since there isnt an ingame option menu, a custom launch parameter could be used (which should work on windows and linux, i sort of hate mac). this new custom launch parameter should open up a ton of new gameplay option without having to dig through raws, making things simpler for gamers. lets take ' -noghost dea' as an example. that disables dorfs, elves and animals, but allows human ghosts. activating that deletes all of these ghosts, whereas disabling allows new ghosts to pop up, but doesnt affect deleted ghosts. theyre gone for good, removing gravestones is allowed. other examples could include -nosnatch, -noadopt, -nogame -nolife ;P