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They seem like the same thing to me.

I usually find that with 20 or so dorfs I can usually cover all the jobs, sometimes the bowyer needs to do some stone/wood/bonecrafting on the side, but it all works out.

What do you guys think?

I've just recently started using siege engines, I managed to train a pair of Legendary operators (One of which also makes the parts) using the regular, catapult at a wall method. I then set up a pair of balistae pointed down my main coridoor. I then got a chance to test them out when a goblin siege showed up. I had plenty of headless bolts but I started an order of 30 iron arrowheads to do some more damage. The first wave got captured in my cage traps, by then the iron arrow heads were put together, and I started loading only one of the balistae with the iron ones to give me a reference. I started them shooting at the goblins and there was no dicernable difference. Each shot killed one or two goblins, but a dead goblin is still a dead goblin, overkill is my favorite kind of kill, but it seems useless. The only way I can think it would make a difference would be against megabeasts, but even then, an all wood bolt will severly injure the dragon or whatever, and then the bolt that comes down range a couple seconds after is going to take it out, even if the iron (Or even steel) bolt can kill it in one hit, I'd prefer to use the 2 wood as aposed to 1 wood and one iron, and then you're still using 2 wood if the bolt is steal.

Ok so this question post sorta turned into a rant, but are metal arrowheads useless?

Something in the inti.txt that would change the Fahrenheit scale to Celsius. Being Canadian, and also part of the whole rest of the world I think it would be a good idea. I do know the formula to change Fahrenheit to Celsius, but it's annoying to have to do the equation every time I want to know what the temperature is.

I mean in relation (mostly) to the dwarven economy
So the wiki lists 3 ways to "use" coins:

Loose coins
No coins
Locked vault of coins

I don't do any of those with my coins, I just make them so my advenure can go get them and either throw the copper/misc metal coins, or spend the silver and gold ones.

But this will be the first time I play with the economy on, so I want to know, whats the difference between no coins, and a locked vault?

Also, would making coins train my smiths? If so, in what skill?

Rawr, I am currently playing DF, it's open in a window right next ot Firefox...


...Right next to this obcenely expensive compute I am currently using to play DF is a perfectly good, un-opened copy of Bioshock 2...

...Does DF have some code in it that turns my PC into a crack lab, and then distribute the crack via my fan?

I keep telling myself, "Ok, I'll finish this season, then play Bioshock..." and it just goes on and on. EVIL!

IT. IS. EVIL.

Ok, first of all I have given my dwarves [SPEED:1] and witht this I have over 2000 food, and I'm still at my starting 7. Most of this food is collected by my fisherdwarf and herbalist. The problem is I can't make barrels fast enough (Even with [SPEED:1]) and only 40 of my 2000 is booze. So my dwarves go and store food in the barrels before I can use them for booze. How do I stop them from using barrels for anything except booze?

Also if I cheat some more and remove [ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT] will they no longer require booze? As I understand it they will still drink any if it's available, but they'll have no problem with water. Also, would it come into effect without me needing to start a new world?

Cheating is fun

EDIT:: I have used the forbid/unforbid thing right before my brewer is going to make the booze, but even then my dwarves move so damn fast that the haulers  grab the barrels before my  brewer... ...there was also one time when my own brewer picked up the barrel to put food into.

First: How do I fill water skins? I've tried picking up the water with "g" from the bank of a murky pool, and from the top of a brook, I've used the "l" menu and gone down a level, I've tried  both inventory menus ("i", and "I"). I know that I have an empty water skin, I bought 2 extra, and I still have the full one from the start, and an other full one I found.

Second: How do I eat and drink? To get rid of thirst (food hasn't come up) I've just been "T"raveling, but that is annoying when I'm deep in a cave, and it feels cheap. Again, I've tried all the obvious controlls, both when I had the thirst icon and when I didn't.

Third: I'm a wrestler, and have been kicking ass, but how do I break bones/joints I understand that the option shows up when you grab something, but the only options I get are pinch, strangle(Throat), and gouge(head). Tho, I have only ever fought rats, moles, and one ratman. Why can't I break things?

Four: Whats the best item to throw? My guy is only a wrestler so far, but I've been trying to start my fights with thrown objects, mostly rocks, but I did use a dagger once.