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All very good ideas! I've also noticed that the dwarves tend to like to make "statues of dwarves" that are actually about the founding of the fortress, which functions pretty well for my purposes. But in my hours of studying dwarf statue making, it seems like it would be easy to tweak the system by appointing them to noble positions or simply by switching their jobs.

I have a dumb, somewhat superfluous question and I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I like imposing on the DF community whenever possible!

My question is this: I was hoping to put statues of the embarking seven dwarves in my entryway, but obviously it's VERY difficult to get statues of specific things. I have made about 50 statues at this point. About 30 of them are of the same dwarf (probably a historical figure since it's not one of mine), I've gotten TWO of my embarking seven, but that's it. And the more dwarves that come in (and the more events that happen), the less chance there is of me getting those last five. So is there a way to nudge the dwarves on statue subjects? Or some kind of trick to increase my odds of getting the subjects I want?

Ok, so I am a complete (and I mean COMPLETE) ignoramus when it comes to modding and programming in general, so bear with me. I also am extremely new to the dwarf fortress community, though I have been playing the game for years, so I apologize in advance if I break any rules or infringe on any common etiquette.

What I was wondering is this: how possible would it be for a mod to add jobs? Like, completely new jobs? I've always had this idea that, since Dwarf Fortress already contains instruments and musical aptitude, that it shouldn't really be that hard to implement a music system into the game. It could range from something incredibly simple like a dwarf playing music in their downtime to something more complex, like a dedicated profession in which a "bard" would go to the nearest meeting room and play for anyone who will listen, or even perform concerts in designated concert halls. Musicians could grant thoughts (happy for good performances, bad for bad performances) to anyone who listened.

I imagine this is somewhere in the development possibilities list someday, but I'm guessing it's extremely low in the list (as it should be given all the awesome stuff that's being added), but it's something I feel would add a lot of nice flavor to the game, so I decided to turn to the community and see how possible adding something like this in a mod would be. I know enough about programming and modding to know that something that seems simple is usually absurdly complicated, so I am not really holding out hope that something like this is even possible, but I thought I would explore the option anyways.

Let me know what you think!

Hey gang;

I know this goes against just about every other aquifer question about there, but...how do I find an aquifer?

The story thus far: I started a desert map with a volcano, hoping to make, basically, a glass fortress. I found an absolutely perfect map with a great setup...mountain in the corner for me to start the fortress, volcano in the mountain, an abundance of sand and desert outside even with a plethora of shrubs to pick for food. It has very few trees, but...well, I can trade for wood. This was not something I didn't prepare for.

When I was picking this area on the world map, I went a click south and suddenly it showed an aquifer that wasn't there before. This was actually a good thing since I assumed the aquifer would be on the south end of the map and I could excavate it and use it for a water source. However, upon exploration I am convinced the damn thing doesn't exist. I've excavated the south quarter of the map and all I have is sand (the aquifer is supposedly in the sand level),

My question is this: how do aquifers work? Can they exist in a single square? And if that's the case, do I have to find that ONE square to find the water? Is it possible the map said there was an aquifer but there isn't? What's my best bet for finding this aquifer and saving my dwarves from a grizzly death?

Excellent, Toady. You never cease to amaze me.

Has the hunting/ammo bug been fixed yet? I haven't noticed it being addressed in the patch notes and so far it's the bug that has bothered me the most since I generally made hunting my primary source of food.