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So in previous versions, when I wanted to do !!science!! in dwarf mode I would mod the save so that dwarves did not need to eat, drink, or sleep, and made them super speedy.  In the new release, how would I go about doing the same?  To be honest I only got as far as realizing that [speed:0] no longer works before giving up in despair.  I am not very well versed in modding DF raws, so hopefully one of you raw magicians can help me out!  Thanks.

Hey all, I am back after a bit of a break from the game.  Some may recognise me, as I used to be quite active on these forums, but real life and videogame add ended up with me kind of ignoring DF for a while.  Anyhow, with a new version out I have played more DF in the last few days than I have in the last year it seems.  In my time playing recently, I have realised that there are a few things that I have never done in DF, and figured this would make a good topic starter for my return.  The list is small, but some of the items would probably be considered major by some peoples standards.  At any rate, here goes...


Things I have never done in Dwarf Fortress:

• Played without some form of non ASCII tileset or graphics pack...
• Played or even entered adventure mode...
• Looked at legends for a world...
• Built a wheelbarrow, minecart, or rail system...
• Used burrows...
• Extracted anything to make poisons or salves or even made a vial...
• Engaged in anything related to beekeeping...
• Built or used a siege engine (thanks for reminding me, Cyroth)

I think that about sums it up.  Just about everything else possible in dwarf mode I have done, but for whatever reason, I have never gotten around to doing anything on the list.  Some of the items I feel a little ashamed about (tilesets:cough:), but for the most part it has just been a matter simply not getting around to it.  So does anyone else have anything they have neglected to experience in DF that you want to share?

This is just something I have noticed seems to vary from player to player.  I was watching The Matrix last night, and Agent Smith's little speech with Morpheus where he explains how the first version of the matrix failed due to lack of bad thoughts got me thinking about it. This attitude seems to vary from one extreme to another, so I figured I would toss this poll up here and see what kind of opinion people have. 

I am trying to cook up some dwarven syrup and quarry bush leaf roasts, but for some reason my cook is ignoring all the dwarven syrup surrounding the kitchen.  If I disable cooking of the leaves the chef will grab one chunk of tallow or flour or whatnot from the solids stockpile, and the 3 barrels of syrup as expected.  Has anyone else seen this behavior occur?  I did a quick search on mantis but found no other reference, but then again, my search-fu seems to be lacking today :\

I apologize for the newb questions but..

What are the steps I would need to do take to give my dwarves the ability to use a chunk of hard stone (like diorite or granite) as an anvil?



And while we are at it, the same article where I found those stone anvil pictures talks about harvesting iron nodules from peat bogs, it would be quite interesting to be able to harvest iron ore from peat layers like sand from sand layers...

When a layer of peat in the bog is cut and pulled back using turf knives (right), pea sized nodules of bog iron can be found and harvested. Although the iron nodules are reasonably pure, there aren't many of them. They are, however, a renewable resource. About once each generation, the same bog can be re-harvested.

I am finally learning the new healthcare system ( as opposed to simply letting my injured dwarves die) and have a farmer with a broken leg.  So far he has had some minor injuries sutured and dressed, but now that my doc is to the point of applying the cast things are going wonky.  The doc will go stand by the patient for a few and then goes and grabs a bucket and heads to a water source, then stands there till he gets tired, drops the bucket and goes to bed, then when he wakes up he starts the process over.  Is this a bug, or is my doc just really slow?

But..

I have some donkeys and some horses, and now I have a mule foal...

And then proceeded to dip my beard in it...

True story