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DF Gameplay Questions / bizarre survival
« on: July 21, 2011, 04:19:57 am »
I have a pet ram here with a broken left false rib and a FRACTURED HEART. Its been alive for quite a while in this condition. How is this possible?
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DF Gameplay Questions / worth of goblins?
« on: June 30, 2011, 01:22:10 pm »
can a cage be traded for any extra value with a goblin in it? I know there are plenty of entertaining options, but I'd like to do something worthwhile with them
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DF Gameplay Questions / removing items from cages
« on: June 29, 2011, 03:32:04 pm »
i have some dead grazing animals in cages (grassless embark) and i want to remove the bodies so i can use the cages again. how do i do this? thanks.
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DF Gameplay Questions / beekeeping
« on: February 17, 2011, 06:45:26 pm »
i found a wild hive, how do i collect it?
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DF Gameplay Questions / mugs/goblets functional?
« on: February 17, 2011, 06:07:37 pm »
are mugs actually used for drinking, or will the dwarves still just suckle on the spigot/dunk their head in the top?
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DF Gameplay Questions / trash compactor help
« on: February 15, 2011, 12:58:30 pm »
ive built a little alcove in the wall with a single tile bridge in the center, and a floodgate to seal the entrance. everything is hooked up, the bridge is lifted, the floodgate is open, ive placed an active dumping zone beneath the bridge, turned off my stone dump, designated all my hair/cartilage/vermin remains for dumping, but no dwarves are moving the garbage into the compactor. any idea why?
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DF Gameplay Questions / water dwelling beasts and cage traps
« on: February 13, 2011, 05:47:32 am »
is it possible to catch fish and other swimming creatures in submerged cage traps? I want to capture a breeding pair of whales. Ive heard that whales are rare, but the butchering returns are mad. my plan would be to carve out an area 1 z level deep and fill it with cage traps, then open up the sides to the sea, hoping that sea beasties would swim through and be caught. not sure if this is possible though, especially since theres a good chance they dont touch the bottom and the trap is probably triggered by pressure 
if not, maybe you have some other ideas on capturing them? whales are ideal but id love to do any sort of fish farm. perhaps i should just use floodgates around the area to seal them in, possibly with connections to a pen area with two rows of floodgates to prevent exit. Im also curious how the game decides if an animal should stay permanently or not. for example, i once caught some draltha's underground in a small area but they disappeared later.
if not, maybe you have some other ideas on capturing them? whales are ideal but id love to do any sort of fish farm. perhaps i should just use floodgates around the area to seal them in, possibly with connections to a pen area with two rows of floodgates to prevent exit. Im also curious how the game decides if an animal should stay permanently or not. for example, i once caught some draltha's underground in a small area but they disappeared later.
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DF Gameplay Questions / zombie proliferation
« on: February 07, 2011, 09:53:58 am »
do zombie animals breed the same as others do?
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DF Gameplay Questions / increasing room value with mechanisms
« on: January 18, 2011, 03:13:23 pm »
so ive noted that mechanisms are worth more than statues...so if i decorate a room with a lever, and link it to a whole bunch of stuff, would all the mechanisms in that lever count towards room value? Ill probably link them to floor grates in my hallways, since those are walkable, dont look so bad, and are easily mass produced.
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DF Gameplay Questions / dwarves refuse to move dumped items
« on: September 26, 2010, 04:13:50 am »
i have a garbage dump, items marked for dump, dwarves with hauling enabled...yet they sit around with 'no job'. how could this happen?
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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / undwarfly behaviour
« on: September 23, 2010, 05:04:23 am »
so i have been playing a fortress recently where i forbid digging from the start. my dwarves are building above ground houses made of wood. my militia is clad in turtle shell armor and my militia commander has a migrant miners steel pick as a weapon. that miner happens to be bedridden due to a giant tiger attack. i have a few dead dwarves from that conflict in wooden coffins chilling in my dormitory, since they had to be built indoors and i dont have many rooms yet. thoughts?
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DF Gameplay Questions / cave-ins 2010
« on: September 22, 2010, 04:59:00 am »
im thinking of embarking on a freezing map mostly covered by ocean, and here's my question: if i create ice by freezing water, as opposed to construction, then cave it in over water, will it plummet to the bottom of the ocean, where i can then stack more on top thereby eventually creating a giant icebox that i can drain? or will it collide with the surface layer of ice over the ocean and refuse to fall any further?
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DF Gameplay Questions / power 2010
« on: September 19, 2010, 03:43:20 pm »
is it possible to create a dwarven dynamo by manually pumping water into the path of a water wheel?
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DF Gameplay Questions / fishing zones 2010
« on: September 19, 2010, 03:39:07 am »
so ive caught fish (turtles) in aquifer holes, but they dont show up as fishable when zoning. does placing the zone have any benefit in this instance?
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DF Gameplay Questions / gravity defying rock?
« on: September 18, 2010, 11:59:55 pm »
guys i have a piece of chalk over open space. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?! D: