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'Other' has always annoyed me. I really wish there was a seperate listing for prepared food, at least.

As long as you keep the booze flowing, the only time you'll need water is if you've got injured dwarves who requires care. They'll eventually go berserk from thirst if this happens, and in the meantime you'll get spammed with cancellation messages from well-meaning but retarded good samaritans who want to bring them something to drink, so best to plan out some sort of quick execution method early on.

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Originally posted by Razzums:
<STRONG>Well got beer going... But now I am under attack by
Rhesus Macaques! I don't even know what they are! We killed 2 of them and then we just like ran away. Now they keep interrupting every one and no one can do any thing. How can I get rid of them!</STRONG>

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Rhesus macaques are monkeys. They're usually not difficuly to kill but they're annoying thieves, so if your map has them the first thing you need to do is move all your food and finished goods safely inside. Dwarves are apparently ADD and will get distracted by the sight of any animal at all, so try to get most of them inside too, so the only ones who have to work outdoors are woodcutters and such.

As for killing them, dogs seem to do the trick nicely. I usually bring about six, assign a couple to my woodcutter, then designate a meeting area near the wagon or staircase or whatever it is I want to protect so the rest will hang out there.  

In the old version I turned the little bastards into a profitable meat and leather industry by digging an open area into my mountain right before my entrance and filling it with cage traps, but I'm not sure if they still follow the same predictable raiding pattern, and of course you now have to worry about them coming from all sides.

[ November 01, 2007: Message edited by: Solara ]

You'll still need water if you have bed-ridden dwarves that need care, though I suppose if you're going purely for ease and efficiency it makes more sense to just kill them and let everyone else drink some booze in their memory...

All three on one map will probably be incredibly rare, chances are you'll have one or even none - nothing is guaranteed, that was kind of one of the main points of this update, varied and more realistic terrain.

Locations with plenty of water are easy enough to find when picking a location, chasms seem random as far as I can tell, and obviously magma is going to be on or near a volcano.

Oh, and besides those three features also there are some maps with adamantium and HIDDEN FUN STUFF that I've enviously heard stories of a few people finding...

I'd say assigning them to a rope would be less wasteful than using a cage, but I'm actually having trouble making them with this version. I miss my cave spiders.  

But since I wind up with more points than I'll ever need after selling the anvil in the beginning I've just been buying two or three copper cages to cram any excess animals in.

Oh yes, and somewhat off topic, but if I put a horse and a donkey in a cage together will they make mules?

[ October 30, 2007: Message edited by: Solara ]

The ingame manual...leaves a little something to be desired. I'd suggest just keeping the wiki open in the background when you play.

I've always assumed plump helmets are mushrooms, pig tail is some twisty fibrous plant, cave wheat is...well, wheat that grows in a cave, and sweet pods are equally self explanatory.