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I believe shops and markets are only found in towns and capitals at the moment.

So I dl'ed this game about a year ago, and loved it.  I could tell it was unpolished, but it gave me hours of entertainment.  I was drooling for the finished product.  Eventually I suffered FPS death one too many times, and told myself I'd try it again in a year or so when naturally it would be completed.  How wrong I was.

I know nothing about coding

This is your problem right here. Something like DF isn't going to be finished in a year, or ten, if you expect it to you'll be horribly disappointed. This is also why none of the shitty ripoffs will ever surpass it. I don't even know where you pulled the 'Toady only ever uselessly tinkers' thing out from... The few-months-off next release will include birth, death, succession, traveling armies, a non-retarded stealth system, split combat speed, multi-tile trees and assorted stuff, as well as full-fledged cities for every race, and that's just what I remember.

Likely the mods are incompatible.

They both come packaged with the game, I believe... downloading both and playing them separately until you find out which one you prefer seems perfectly reasonable.

Dead kitten wedging open the floodgate... it's just a dead cat, it's not like, OH GOD GOBLIN SIEGE I CAN'T CLOSE THE GATES OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD, your fortress has crumbled, etc, etc... I mean, seriously, I'd known about the damned thing for half a year.

Yup, instant heal.

1. Iv herd squads of small even numbers like 2,4 and 6. Goes well everyone pairs up.

2. Look at what there schedules are. They may only get a chance to run off and gear up every 6 months or something.

Nah, they're good, they just didn't want to.

Perhaps this time round you set your uniform to go over clothing instead of replacing it? If a dwarf is wearing as many clothes as possible on a body part and they're asked to put on some armour, they'll claim it but not go and put it on. Helms are a special case, as both they and the civilian caps are "shaped" and cannot go on the same head at once.

Heh, I actually thought about that, then I thought "hey, not even dorfs would be stupid enough to forgo plate for sexy hats"... turns out I was wrong. Thanks!

So, I'm setting up the military in my latest forts, and while I pretty much understand how it works these days, there are a couple of things I'd appreciate advice on.

1. Is there a way to encourage more sparring sessions? I've heard theories on this, but I haven't had any success myself so far.

2. Is it normal for the military to pick up new equipment every other month/season/year instead of when it's available? In a couple of my forts they rushed to grab the latest weapons and armour instantly, but in my two latest forts they've been somewhat less enthusiastic. It'd be unfortunate if someone found themselves fighting ambushers with a boot, a mail shirt and a shield.