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Try getting libncurses5-dev and libncursesw5-dev. Those packages should have dependencies to all the ncurses stuff DF could need.

You can get decorations and stuff on your items, just open up a clothier's shop/crafts-dwarf shop/forge/gem-cutter shop and queue up some jobs to engrave/decorate/encrust/sew items, and it'll add all sorts of decorations to the items. They may not be quite as versatile as back in the day, but you can still get unique items and images. Sewing images from a clothier's shop only creates images instead of spikes and rings so you'll get more history and stuff using that(and cloth is cheaper).

Try setting LOG_MAP_REJECTS to yes in d_init.txt. It will make a log saying why your map isn't working. Turning off peak and volcano restrictions could help as PerfectWorldDF maps sometimes have trouble placing peaks, and if you can get any peaks they'll be placed anyways.

Hospitals need boxes built to store the stuff, if you haven't already, try building a wooden chest or stone coffer on the hospital zone. Also, try turning auto loom off in "o"rders, your loom might be stealing it all before the hospital can.


The elves showed up with some caged carp to seize. Are they still nasty enough for filling a moat in v31?

CREATURE_MAT takes a creature token, then a material token with an extra : between them. The material values can be found in material_template_default.txt

So you'd probably have something like [TISSUE_MATERIAL:CREATURE_MAT:BEAR_BLACK:LIVER]

A herd of elephants just wandered by my fort and I found myself in dire need of war elephants. How do I tame animals? The 'tame large animal' option for the kennels doesn't seem to do anything.

You have to build cage traps to catch them first. Make sure your elephants are in cages and you have an animal trainer that isn't doing anything.

Does it matter if you build a road chunk by chunk, or does it all have to be built at once?

If you're building actual paved roads, having chunks might be unsightly with the building menu, but otherwise it doesn't make any difference.

I think the mac version comes with a terminal script to run it, 40d did, and the new linux one does. Look for a text file ending in .sh

It's a bug that you can make them lose their stuff by deconstructing. They probably won't siege, but they'll get really mad and try to sell you a bunch of animals and seeds next time they come. Obscenely expensive cloth is only for their good customers.