Bay 12 Games Forum

sounds like those jaspers are en-route to a stockpile/bin
either destroy the stockpile or catch up on hauling tasks

you don't have to build a set of stairs to heaven, just dig in the right spot...

my game just froze... couldn't do a thing

"some farmer dwarf can't reach water"

most likely it was a zombie cave swallow, not very dangerous and easy to sever the limbs.

1. when i started my game as an adventurer some trader apparently had illusions about having a hand:

Trader looses hold of the rope reed right mitten
trader looses hold of the rope reed right glove

creatures with missing limbs shouldn't spawn wearing something they can't hold
2. marksdwarves only stuff 1 type of bolt in their quiver at a time. currently i've got a markdwarf carrying around 1 bolt in his quiver because no others will stack with it, and he won't even use it at the archery range or drop it unless i discharge him from the military
it works out fine if i only make copper bolts, but bone makes them freak out because only 1 level of quality and 1 type of bone fit in the quiver

3. the paypal banner seems to cause me horrible lag whenever it starts loading, i'm not sure why, it was working before.

4. poor timing with the shift and numpad keys can cause the game to perpetually move the cursor(also makes it hard to save) while no keys are pressed
reloading cures it

i'd prefer if they at least stuffed more than 4 bolts in thier quiver, because they won't put in more than one type
the only diffrence between crossbows and guns in the middle ages was that crossbows were both more powerful and extremely accurate/easy to use
guns were not a precision weapon
(pirates used guns at point blank!, though that may be a diffrent time period)

beware goblin bowmasters, they're about 10x as deadly as goblin bowmen, and have been known to pick off dwarves through fortifications 3 z levels up in full iron chainmail

an underground resevoir seperated by a closed floodgate won't freeze
just open/close it after each thaw