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for armor/weapon it would be bad... for shield i think they are used to block (wich action get the bonus from artifact) they are ligthweith so easy to carry, but also do less blundt damage if used to hit ... i think altogether it's worth it if used with a main waepon ...make ‼Science‼ and tell us

nice images nop, i feel your lighting a bit harsh on the edges, reflected secondary ligth seems completly ignored and the perception wise the degrading should be slower on the dark ends as our eyes work more that way so it would give it a more real-like feeling ...
Meph, i do not think this thread was addet to be merged with DF and even if there migth ghave been such intention we all know it wont happen, (for gameplay wise it is better to not have lighting in my opignon for fortress mode anyway) but it is still a nice study of ligthning transmissions in squerical spaces ...

Nice ideas especialy the chess one, however why have you made popratios to be 1:3:9 ? normaly in chess you would have more 1:2:8 popratio, and as an other question do they survive your chess-civilisations (i had hard time myself to make so few gender containing creaturs bread enougth to survive worldgen) ?

for the clothing problem let me present what worked for me:
1) have a pig tail/rope reed farm
2) make a job weaving it to cloth
3) make a job for each type of coverage needed.
4) make a stockpile => quantum stockpile  to take those AND only let them take from workshop
5) use DF hack to set 2) and 3) on repeat if less then 100
6) trade away tattered cloth (never need anything else to trade but a lot of selecting)
 OR
 make a garbage/cloth stockpile take from anywhere (wich will let them rot away and wont take from the workshop as that is linked)

OPTIONAL:
throw in dying in the chain or more cloth varity

FINAL:
Never ever need to check again. works with other needs too, requires a bit of setup but it is the best option if you do not want to focalise your play on mundane problems of your dwarves.
DFHack can be used/considered as a cheat, but if you do not want to use it as a cheat it can still take of much of the pain of fortress managing, wich makes it almost essencial for me to play. Just be sure to know where to stop using it so it will not ruin your game experience and don't forget you play for your amusement not to prove yourself to others.

Yes, you need separate Routes for each cart. Routes may be identical.

Question is:  Do dorfs need to push or guide carts to operate your system?  Most powered logic systems only require the cart be placed onto the track via a route with a single stop. Then the cart is forbidden and the route deleted. The cart continues to function however the logic circuit dictates - it's forbidden so nobody will touch it.

You know some people use minecarts to transport things ...

If you want to call it cheating, where does "cheating" begin?  Does it start when you change the Raws so wolves can be war animals?  Does it start when you load an old save when your fort collapses?  Does it start when you use Dwarf Therapist instead of the in-game interface?

For the record i've seen someone saying he would not change the d_init options as he considered it cheating . I found it silly and ignorant point of view but hay,  it is a single player game ... everybody plays it as he intends to ... even if it involves a self-inducted feeling of superiority of "I am HC player, more than others" .. if they are feeling better from those strange idees why not let them ?

is there a way to mod the embarking wagon (i tried the creature called wagon but well it has no effect on that)