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makes it a pain to breed megabeasts

I'm sorry, what?

I rarely venture out of Gameplay Discussion and Dwarf Mode Discussion, so.. 1/10.

Also I'd like to point out this turned into a ''How well I know you..'' from ''How well known are you.'' thread.

All stone is pretty heavy, but dwarves can move them no problem. They'll just be a little slow. If you want them to move them with wheelbarrows, you have to make a stockpile for stone [Alternately, one that accepts only Cinnabar.] and with w[?] set it to use wheelbarrows. The default is 1, the maximum is 3. Your dwarves will then automaticallu put 3 wheelbarrows in the stockpile and use them to transport stone. The upside is, they move at maximum speed while using the wheelbarrow. The downside is only 3 stones can be moved at a time. Since you only have 2 offending stones, this shouldn't be a problem. However, I believe that merchant wagons will simply roll right over them. It's boulders they won't go over, for some reason, and those need to be smoothed over.

Recently I've upgraded my dwarves. They were decked out entirely in Iron, and have been training in it for most of the.. 8 or 9 years this Fortress has been operational. Then I found some flux stone while mining iron, and decided I would start churning out some steel. My first squad [of 3] have been outfitted in their new steel gear, and as a result dumped their old stuff for the other two squads to fight over. However, this meant they dropped their shields and weapons, nearly all of which had been named. This is bothering me, as it's cluttering my fortress. I tried to create a stopckpile that accepts artifact level iron weapons and shields, but the items are ignored. I checked them, they don't seem to be owned, so I'm not entirely sure what the problem is.

Quote from: Garath on February 14, 2014, 01:18:27 am

works just like a regular one, but the dwarf may become happier from holding it

Why would a dwarf become happier from using an artifact crutch? Dwarf Fortress does not define any thoughts about that sort of thing.

I feel like the first sentence was unnecessary. No need to be a jerk to someone, just inform them it doesn't work that way.

I may have broken my merchants. My current fortress is going to be made of iron, assuming I have enough on the map, so of course I need temporary shelter. I made this small and out of wood. On one side is a mountain, and the other a river. So, I placed a trade depot above and below my walled in area. Then the merchants came.

At first I was like cool, but then I noticed they came from two directions. The merchants went to the north depot, and the wagons moved towards the south. Then Kea Men came. I moved some things to the depot and waited for them to finish setting up. But the Kea kept making one of the merchants run around in terror. I removed some of my walls so the wagons could get to the north depot.

Then comes my problems. The wagons never moved, even once they had a clear 3x3 minimum path to the other depot. Annoyed, I decided to trade without the wagons. Then I noticed the north depot now said ''No merchants are trading.''

I checked my announcements, they never said they were leaving. I saw them there, and the wagons still unmoving. Then I got the announcement that they would be leaving soon, so I gave up. It was after I got the message that they left that I noticed it was bugged harder. They still stand in the depot, and the wagons havent moved. Somehow a trader is down south, but he too isn't moving. They're just standing around. I don't want them to go berserk and me have to kill them, and I certainly don't want all their garbage. Is there anything I can do to fix them?

[Nevermind. Deconstructing the second depot made them all pack up and leave without losing their stuff. Proooooobably should've tried that first.]

Evidently bronze, brass, and copper are sometimes called "red metals," even though they don't really look red, so you could go with bronze. And of course, give everyone a red cloak and hood to wear over their armor.

I hadn't even thought of this. I could just dye the cloaks and hood. Is there a way to encrust and dye just these items? I know that it's chosen at random..

Quote from: heritage727 on December 12, 2013, 08:19:45 am

You also might want to forbid the cloth bins to be sure that your dwarfs collect the plants first, before they go bad.

Alternitively drop 1 tile food stockpile on top of the food.  This will keep it from rotting till your haulers have room in the schedule for it. Might still loose some to vermin but much beter than it rotting.  To get the stuff inside either link it with a give setting to a food stockpile or just remove the stockpile designation when your haulers are not busy.

Sweet Armok's bearded nipples. You're a genius.