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Are you getting the human diplomat?

Let me try to remember..Yeah, I remember asking for tons of different booze, so it could be only humans, who have such a variety, so yes.

Kill all. They will hold you responsible if they don't return. Both liasons and caravans. Just don't kill your own civilization, unless you want much, much bloodshed.

I'm asking, because I remember fortresses in which elves were so patient, that they sent caravans one after another, I killed them one after another, until my fort died of mass cloth rot tantrums, or something like that, I consider that they just didn't want to kill them in simple way, but came every year to look at the pathetic fall of dwarven empire.

Guys, I got in a worst situation possible. I embarked at great site with river, volcano and stuff, wich was provided in worldgen cookbook thread. I was happily living and establishing my fortress, military and different industries, only to find out that all 5 civilizations existing on the whole world ARE IN PEACE WITH EACH OTHER oh god, I'm so sad. Is there any way via some cheats or modding to make the goblin civ at war with me at least? I know I could piss off elves or humans but that just not the same.

Is there any way of deconstructing an up/down staircase without dwarf standing on it, and keeping removing it from under his own feet and falling down from immense height? I've already lost few dwarves because of this, and another are with broken limbs in spines are in hospital.

I don't know if this should be here or in the Fortress mode board,but whatever...
So,I'm a bit new at Dwarf Fortress,so my fortresses usually end in "fun",but without the actual fun.So,just today I had a fortress that ran out of boose and it was winter so it was dying down.Through tantrum spirals,only a lone stoneworker was left.So what does he do?Tantrum?No,he goes straight back to work on creating stone blocks.Miasma from his fallen comrades spreads through the corridors,he's standing on a corpse and is about to die any minute,but he keeps doing his job.That is perseverance.
R.I.P. Erul Nanirnibash,Mason To Eternity.
Sorry if this was too cheesy,I was just trying to tell a story.

Touchy story, you could get water via well from cavern, i guess dwarves can be ok for a season of drinking water "i guess"

A faster, but more risky work-around, would be to design the scaffolding with intentional cave-in in mind. If you have the right design, it would take less long to deconstruct a couple floor tiles/bridges/stairs, build one or two supports, link them to a lever and watch the beautiful mushroom'shaped cloud that ensues.
It requires a bit more planning, of course. Also, it is potentially impossible if the ground isn't properly reinforced; dig tunnels underneath it beforehand at your own risk. Lastly, it CAN be deadly if your dwarves behave like the brain-damaged alcoholics they are, and get too close (but inversely, if enemies are walking right under it... ooooh boy, that would be glorious). I don't have any specific schema, it should be rather easy for you to figure out in what order you should construct and deconstruct stuff depending of your project. Also, well, the bigger your project is, the more time you'll save by just destroying the stairs.

Thar could be a problem, if you have centralized design of fortress - falling walls and floors will pierce the fort. Ok i don't think I have some other choise, ty.

Ok, here is example: i want to make 10 tiles tall 2x2 column, so, I should build stairs all the way up, and then build those walls? Thats annoying, i can designate only 1 stairs at once, as long as walls, no walking perimeter, no access to building materials. Or there is some workaround? Tell me your secretes of building large things!

Yes, there is a announcement.txt in the init folder. You can make that this message won't trigger pause and zoom IIRC.