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Found a problem with bone voodoo dolls; they didn't have a material and were just listed as " orc doll". This comes from the fact that their reaction says [REAGENT:bone:1:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE][USE_BODY_COMPONENT][ANY_BONE_MATERIAL]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:TOY:ITEM_TOY_ORC_DOLL:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]when it should say [REAGENT:bone:1:NONE:NONE:NONE:NONE][USE_BODY_COMPONENT][ANY_BONE_MATERIAL]
   [PRODUCT:100:1:TOY:ITEM_TOY_ORC_DOLL:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:bone:NONE] Mismatch between REAGENT:A and REAGENT:bone.

Also a small typo in the ore processor, which talks about "Process cassierite ore" when it should be cassiterite.

I suspect there's a good reason for it, but I still have to complain about the pottery and the fact that "shape FOO from clay" jobs don't actually make FOOs, which messes up my workflows. Crafts in particular; if I make a workflow constraint to keep ~2000 crafts in the stockpiles, my craftsdwarves and metalbashers will understand and start/stop work as appropriate, but the potters will just chug away making "crafts" until I run out of clay. Even the kiln workers will stop firing the clay "crafts" once my stockpiles get full enough. It gets worse when you factor in the other two steps of the production chain; if I set workflow to keep 40 "crafts" in the stockpile, they'll shape 40 greenware "crafts", and stop. And then start again because somebody's dried those "crafts" into leather-hard and bone-dry "crafts", which don't match the constraint on "crafts" I'd set earlier.
TL;DR-  Pottery

On the other hand, I don't know of a much better way to keep greenware/leather-hard/bone-dry items from actually being used, so looks like I'll have to get used to it.

I'm having problems with the steam engine. I've got dfhack running, but it doesn't seem to produce any power. I'm using the magma steam engine, with one corner over a magma pipe and nothing over water. The manual says it needs water connected with downstairs and not a channel, so would something like this work?
Level N
[. . .]
[_ . .]
[. . >]
Level N-1
[W W W]
[M W W]
[W W <= to Water
A tunnel on the mid-left leading to magma, and one on the low right leading to water, with an upstair to the engine? The building says it has water in it, and people doing the "Run engine" job, so it should be working.

One small problem; both the Crystal Furnace and the Magma Crystal Furnace have the hotkey "R". The Crystal Furnace proper should probably have the hotkey "r", yes? Also, for some reason sugar beetle, cave crab, and giant ant eggs are not usable in cooking.

You cannot mine, ramp, or channel out the last tile of stone at the edge. What you do, rather, is smooth and carve fortifications in that last tile; this will permit water or magma to pass off the map. Incidentally, this is also a very good method of filtering water and magma; very few things can actually pass through fortifications.

I use a very similar structure, which only requires a 3x4 area
W = Wall,
X = stairs,
. = floor,
_ = channeled area.
Right-to-left pumping, level N
WWWWWW
W.X.WW
W.W.WW
W._._W
WWWWWW

Left-to-right pumping, level N+-1
WWWWWW
WWX..W
WW.W.W
W_._.W
WWWWWW
Yours has the advantage of requiring half as many seals, and the gear assemblies, which I'm stealing, allow for designation of the whole stack at once. Mine's smaller, and, IMHO, easier to designate.

That's not a facepalm. A facepalm is when you e.g. make the attempt, but leave something unsealed, and flood the entire lower portion of it in your attempts to get above the aquifer.

I haven't actually tried it yet, it may very well end in tears. I posted it here because I didn't care enough to make a new thread for "Bask in my Dwarven Awesomeness!"

Edit: Finally tried it. It failed due to pressure concerns; if I want to drain anything into an aquifer, it must be pressurised relative to the aquifer, rather than simply pressurised to the level of the aquifer. Now for plan No.2- drain the lake into the cavern below.

450 when applied in the sense of bars is three bars.
450 when applied in the sense of boulders is 450 boulders.

Just thought I'd clear that up, just in case.

Son of a fat fu- SO THAT'S WHAT CAUSED IT!  Aside from small errors like this, great mod, been using it since 40d.