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Yeah, deactivate all the other dump sites. No need to remove them, just deactivate. Hit 'i', move cursor at the dump site, hit 'a'. Re-activation is done the same way.

I've dealt with a dozen FBs so far. But every year 1-3 new ones appear. Does this rate ever slow down? This is a 13yo fort in a freshly generated medium island world. How many FBs have YOU killed in a single game?

Can't we just shove everyone in a room which floor is made out of blocks of silver? The one who appears most uncomfortable must be the vampire. Or, you know, we could tell Urist McArmorsmith to craft a silver helmet, make everyone wear it in turns and everyone whose face is not in blisters after wearing the helmet gets to live.

They set off some of my cage traps. How do I butcher them? Do I have to drown them in their cages first or what? Won't they fly away as soon as the cage door is opened?

I need pointers.

1. I want the current month to be visible at all times in the upper right corner of the screen, usually where the idlers count is. How should one start to achieve this?
2. Also, I would like the month names to be presented in human language, not dwarven. Call me eccentric.

Here's what I've tried so far to gather information:
- Searched the forums, including this thread, with various words and word combinations like "calendar" or "october". Nothing relevant came up.
- Searched the game files, including the file contents for the same words. Found nothing relevant.
- Checked magmawiki article for Calendar. Found no useful information.

Just for the heck of it, I searched the files for hematite, which is one of the month names (June) and also the ore name, but I found only the file called inorganic_stone_mineral.txt...

What to try next?

Yes, the gear, which is connected to a pump, is connected to a lever. I only use the pump occasionally. The windmill, however, keeps operating just fine after it's been disengaged. At least it seems that way. I don't know at which point exactly it falls apart, but certainly not when the pump is on, although it's on less than 1% of the time. Forgot to mention that all the vertical axles get dismantled as well! I guess that's no surprise - not being connected to anything on either end.

Windmill --> 10 vertical axles --> Gear --> Water pump

Oh, once the windmill and the axles have fallen apart, I have to deconstruct the assembly gear and rebuild it as well! Because the game won't let me simply rebuild a vertical axle above the assembly gear. Stupid cheap dwarven technology :/

Entrance: huge square yard surrounded by a wall. Idk why I even built a door there. I never trade or go outside.
Subterranean levels: Clover design. 4 rooms per z-level, stacked on top of each other. Stairway at the center. Quick access to everywhere. Tapping the benefits of 3d.

Maysomething tileset. The three long grey wavelines along the north wall are slabs. In memory of the fallen ones. Or squashed ones, rather. Plenty of elf, dwarf and goblin parts to go around outside the walls. Note that each room can be expanded. I prefer 6x6 - two workshops per wall. The 9 tiny circles in a straight line at the entrance are cage traps.

Any chance of ever getting a cheat for unassigning war/hunting dogs?