Bay 12 Games Forum

So, according to the wiki, the way to keep Urist McSuicide from reloading a cage trap in a dangerous situation is to forbid the trap. Okay, then...

How?

I tried forbidding the cage--no luck. There doesn't appear to be any way to actually forbid the cage trap. So what does one do?

Either 't' and then forbid the Mechanism in the Cage-Trap, or just bulk-forbid the whole tile with 'd' - 'b' - 'f'. Either one works.

ok.

ok, I've butchered some animals (like donkeys and bulls) but I havent gotten any skin from them...

Should be labelled "Fresh Raw Hide". It goes to a Refuse stockpile.

what is microline good for?

It's just a rock.

When setting up my Control Room... for all the various levers that control the functioning of my fort... I try to make each lever out of an appropriately-colored Mechanism. That way, I can tell at a glance that this RED bank of levers (made from Kaolinite Mechanisms) controls the Magma pumps, and this BLUE bank of levers (made from Microcline Mechanisms) controls the water pumps, while this BROWN bank of levers (made from Schist Mechanisms) controls my array of wooden cages containing Puppy-Bombs, etc.

Naturally, I add <N>otes as well, but the color-coding directs my attention to the proper part of the control room.

Another use for colored stone is inlaid mosaics. You can build a constructed floor directly on top of a natural floor, so you can easily turn a big open room into a picture of burning elves, or a representation of your favorite kitten sandwich, or whatever.

Workshops can also be color-coded. Masons are white, Carpenters are yellow, Craftsdwarves are blue, etc... and by using appropriate stone, you can color-code the workshops in the same pattern.

You can't. It's a cultural thing. Some Dorf-Civs use High Boots, others only use Low Boots. Same with Robes.

He might want two or three of one of the items on the list.

... I have silty clay in my stocks screen under stone ...

Are you sure it's not Silty Clay Loam? That soil type is not usable for Pottery or Ceramics.

If you are farming on muddied rock (instead of soil)... could some Dwarf with a neatness fetish have cleaned up the mud? This causes the farm to stop working, AFAIK.

If the area of the inlet (down in the magma sea) is clear and unobstructed, then magma can be pumped amazingly fast. The main limitation seems to be how fast magma can flow in from the sides to replace the 7/7 glob that your pump has sucked up.