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Alright, but (off-topic) why did Toady take out mountain halls and dark fortresses?Toady fully intends to implement multitile trees. He's stated them as a prereq for reintroducing Elven Retreats
Ok, I'll try the military - thanks:) I had avoided it before, because I seem to remember reading that they'd get confused about their picks. But maybe that's only if I activate them, or assign weapons.Actually, the issue is that miners (and woodcutters, and hunters) have a "civillian" outfit--a pick (or an axe, or a crossbow/bow/whatever), to be exact--that cannot be "worn" with a military uniform. So, while Urist McMiner is naked as the day she was born, her children will be clothed. Weird, huh? Well, this is DF.
I can't claim to have experimented with this myself, but I've read that caveins draw dwarves in, presumably by something like air pressure.Uh, what simulation of air pressure? And you don't need air to drown, just water (or lack of it if you're a fish).No, this can't be done since dwarves actually live in a vacuum.Not true! DF has a vague simulation of air pressure. Also, with no air, how would dwarves drown?
I'm fine with all kinds being forgeable, but the making-soap-useless...not so "yay"ey.Hmm...Question: Is it possible to make soap forgeable into weapons and armor? Making a metal called "soap" seems less-than-ideal...I want to know if my *soap axe* is a *cat soap axe* or a *giant eagle soap axe*.
If I remember correctly, there's a material definition of soap in the raws. Try adding the [ITEMS_XXX] tags into the soap definition. To make it easier, you might as well copy those types of tags from the metal definition in the raws.
Side effect is that soap won't be used properly and maybe all kinds of soap is now forgable.
There might be a way to circumvent it though. Try making a duplicate of the soap definition.
No, this can't be done since dwarves actually live in a vacuum.Not true! DF has a vague simulation of air pressure. Also, with no air, how would dwarves drown?
SO .....I went back the next winter and tried to dig out the spot where UristMcDisregardsSeasonalchanges was entombed in ice and he has just vanished, no pick , not a dwarf'n thing. Is this just a random atom disappearance? Or does it usually leave them behind?If you mined out the right spot and the ice did not thaw first, the pick should be there...
Marksdwarf or melee dwarf, GreatWyrmGold? There is now an opening in each :\Hmm...Marksdwarf, they're more useful. Plus he likes crossbows.
