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I wish there were a way to "weight" my preferences.  If I'm looking for a site that contains an underground pool, a magma pipe, flux stone and a chasm...  the finder invariably assumes that magma is the least useful option, and will find a site that contains everything EXCEPT that (even if it has previously found a site WITH magma but missing other criteria)

It would be great to be able to assign one Priority-1 choice, two priority-2 choices, and a number of priority-3 options.  The finder could then look for all site containing the pri-1 choice, and discard all other sites, then re-sort the culled list for both Pri-2 options and discard any site that doesn't match at least one, THEN check for Pri-3 criteria.  If it hits on P1, both P2 and all P3, it returns the site as an exact match.  If it hits P1, both P2, and some P3, it returns a "near" match.  If it has P1 but only one P2 choice it returns a "partial" match (or possibly a short list of them).   It would definitely increase the amount of work being done by the processor for a search, but personally I would LOVE the increased precision.

I maintain separate refuse stockpiles.. one or more in a diagonal-door room or in an "outside" area that accepts anything but bone, shell, skulls, and hides, and one near the craftshop that accepts ONLY those items.  It keeps the materials handy for my crafters, and makes sure that they don't have to wade through the Bog of Stench to get to them.  Thus, the only dwarves ever exposed to miasma are designated "garbage men dwarfs"

You're missing a very important factor here:  While blood-baths (pun intended) may not be going in soon/at all, there ARE apparently plans to allow for a literal Whiskey River. 

I plan to flood my dining hall to 3/7 with booze, and let my peons get tanked WHILE they learn to swim..

In one of my more paranoid fortresses, I built a tiny food stockpile, forbade EVERYTHING but seeds, and when it had been filled, sealed it away behind a lever-operated vault door.

Gabbro door + 3 granite mechanisms = Dwarven tupperware.

Quote from: ousire on April 27, 2009, 08:32:33 pm

Quote from: zchris13 on April 27, 2009, 08:30:09 pm

"d" "p" shall be your friend.

not really any other choice. its possible to get seeds from plants though, so thats an option

seeds from plants.  I got sun berry seeds.  SUNSHINE!

I still say drinking Sunshine should prevent cave adaptation...

I don't think hauling gives experience, and hence no stat increases?

 

As a side note...  does hauling super-heavy things make your haulers gain Strong stats?  as in, if I mark an anvil to be moved back and forth between two points a hundred times, will my hauler eventually become Superdwarvenly Strong?

You could theoretically create drawbridges on 3/4 side around your entrance, and just leave them permanently up -- "instant" walls that are probably cheaper (stonewise) than regular ones. 

If you don't mind cave adaptation and don't have a lot of aboveground activities planned, you could just cover your entrance with a hatch, link it to a lever, and seal it shut.  As far as I can tell, this makes it unpickable by thieves, but still leaves you somewhat vulnerable to building-destroyers.