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I could not make a thread in the bug forum so doing it here.

I tried using fullscreen and while the window does change to fullscreen mode the image stays the same size as the window mode leaving it in the top left corner and just a black void covering the rest of the screen.

Is this a common issue already resolved? I am using the latest version but could not find anything talking about it with the Search option.

1. Thieves and ambushes can only be spotted when they touch a friendly. Ambushes luckily tend to attack the nearest friendly, so chaining up dogs or something throughout the surface works well, especially if there is a bow/crossbow using enemy.

2. If the wagons can't path to a depot, they ignore your site and only pack animals show up. You could make a second depot and leave it open elsewhere, and when the caravan appears block that second depot and open the first.

So if it is un-pathable and they show up I cant just flip the bridge and they will come in?

1. The Tower - Been having ambushes alot and was wanting to know, if I built a tower going all the way to the very top z-level then left the top exposed would a dwarf staying up there (im thinking making a barracks zone on top with bed/food to keep a dwarf up there, but dont know if that will work. Or maybe door it off and once he is in forbid the door.) be able to spot everything in my region? Like ambushes, theives, etc.

2. The Wall - Recently have had dwarves scatter after an ambush appeared while they were hauling stuff from the depot. Was wanting to know if I completely wall in my depot and leave a 5tile wide bridge pulled up will, trade caravans not show up at all without a way to get in right away? This way I could lower the bridge, let the caravans in, raise the bridge and have the hall-way there so trade could take place.


                  
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D - Depot
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By "elaborate desalination plant" he means "single pump dumping water into a cistern".

Also, was anyone else hoping this thread involved giant sandworms? :/

Sorry to dissapoint =)

GAH! Screw it! It has rained twice and every lake except the one that I have set-up for the tunnels got water, not even a single tile got 1 depth.

/delete region save

Thanks once again yall

Whats happening is that water that is 1/7 deep will evaporate before long. Smoothing wont sort that out. You need more water basically. If its under more pressure it will move faster. What's probably happened to the water is that it has evaporated due to heat. Some biomes are hotter than others and the hottest ones will cause their muddy lakes to dry up. They *should* be replenished in spring, or whenever the rain falls. Unless you've turned off weather.

I havent touched anything in the DF files, and my area is 'warm'. Could I dig a chamber under the filled lakes and make a series of small chambers with pumps so I can activate each one and pump the water to the lake underground? That way the water should stay above 1 depth right? Not really familiar with pumps, only built 1 so far.

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