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DF Gameplay Questions / Question Regarding Food Control

« on: September 25, 2019, 07:03:58 pm »

I'm in the midst of constructing a sizable Fort/Town, with the goal of building a Brewery that is capable of producing as wide a variety of alcohol as it possibly can. Having settled in "Joyous Wilds", I also desired to mass produce "Sunshine" from Sun Berries and have them as my primary export good. However I am aware that it is difficult to ward Dwarves away from eating raw plants, and I was wondering if anyone has discovered a way to keep the Dwarves from eating them, either in Vanilla or in DFHack. I know that the forbidding of plants has been mentioned in previous discussions on this topic, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about that, least without also forbidding their use in my kitchens or breweries.

DF Gameplay Questions / Tombs Question

« on: October 25, 2018, 09:03:33 pm »

A could run a test myself when I'm prepared to build a number of tombs, but I was curious if anyone knows if Tombs that are not assigned to a specific individual will be automatically chosen as burial places for the dead, in much the same way as coffins are. Part of me wants to create a massive catacomb level(s) in my future fortress, but I would be hesitant to do so if I would need to assign each tomb manually.

DF Gameplay Questions / Trying to Design Waterfall Drainage

« on: October 07, 2018, 09:45:10 pm »

I have a number of waterfalls, at the present four, which I have cascading down through a series of grates in the Residential area(s) into a sewer, which is then supposed to offload the water through fortifications on the side of the map. Unfortunately, for reasons I can't understand, the water is not "running" down the sewer fast enough, to the point that it is backing up into the first residential layer. The waterfalls themselves are only coming down in single columns, minus a central pillar on the third level that allows the water to run along all its sides, then through the grates into a cistern, which itself drains by a slope into a sewer line.

The plan, besides making use of waterfalls to both clean and provide happiness for the dwarves, was also to provide a constant supply of clean fresh water through the grates on the lowest residential block, and I'm worried now I might not be able to do that now.

Any ideas how I could fix this?

DF Gameplay Questions / Question Regarding Bridges and Cave Adaptation

« on: August 10, 2018, 09:30:13 am »

Knowing how serious Cave Adaptation can adversely affect a military force, I was curious if there was a way where I could set up barracks and archery ranges with direct access to sunlight, but where in the case of an attack or siege I could still close up the fort, especially in the case of aerial foes. The concept I happened upon was the idea of retractable bridges that would act as roofs, which would be raised most times. Before planning this out and running with it however, I wanted to know if anyone experimented with anything similar and if it actually works; will a raised bridge actually allow light through, or will the squares that it normally covers still count as being indoor light?

DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Dwarves Not Eating Prepared Meals; Eat Raw Foods Instead

« on: June 07, 2018, 03:57:47 pm »

For some reason in this particular game I'm playing now, my Dwarves are refusing to eat the prepared meals I have in the Dining Hall and instead are going right for the raw ingredients in the kitchen immediately above, and I'm not sure why as I've not experienced this in previous Fortresses. The only solutions I've seen proposed elsewhere on the 'Net are to move the Kitchen further away (which judging on responses to that achieved only mixed success), or to forbid each individual food item; however I'm worried about using forbid given, well, I'd expect it to forbid ALL interaction with those food items, that they won't even be cooked, milled, and so on.

There isn't any mention of this on the wiki, so I'm curious if this has happened to anyone else and if they've managed to develop any solutions, or if my game is just bugged.