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Quote from: drilltooth on November 18, 2011, 08:03:48 pm

Can agree. and, perhaps we need an [IS_FLAG] flag that gets applied to suitable objects decorated with the symbol of a group.

I can just see people getting their hands on a tag/flag like that and making their armies carry, say, floodgates as their national banner.

In all seriousness though, I like this idea and would not be opposed to seeing it turn up in the game proper.

let's not judge the nation of the Oaken Barrel

huh. It seems like a cool idea, but it would be ridiculous to do. However, there are plans for implementation for the next decade, I'm sure there will be time.

I did search using the phrases "search thoughts," "search skills," "search preferences," and nothing came up. If you find anything like this using different key words, please tell me.

So I was thinking about dwarves preferences, and how there's no easy way to find out what dwarf hates what. So I suggest that you can search all your dwarves minds simultaneously, to see if it's a good idea to tame that large roach.

The search thoughts page you probably be accessed through the units page by pressing f(or F, it wouldn't make a difference.) The page would pop up with three choices

m- search mood
p- search preferences
s- search skills

searching mood would bring up a page where you choose one mood from a list, or start typing it, like the manager job page, to narrow it down. Searching it will then bring up dwarves who are currently in that mood (ecstatic, content, etc.) and let you zoom to them, or view their thoughts/ preferences.

searching preferences would be similar to mood searching, but a bit different. You first choose from a list, or type to narrow, what about the preference you need (detest, prefers, etc.) Next, you type what creature/ object you want (large roaches, purring maggots, cat meat, etc.) the list of dwarves who have that thought about the object shows up, allowing you to zoom to or view their thoughts.

searching skills is also like the previous. You choose what skill level, and exact, above, or below that level(if any.) Next you type what skill it is you want (swimmer, woodcrafter, etc.) and again, the list of dwarves pops up, and lets you zoom or view thoughts.

uses for this would be
skill- seeing what dwarves would be good choices as military
preference- seeing if it would be a good idea to let that giant desert scorpion you stole bought from the elves out from his cage.
mood- find all you unhappy dwarves and throw them in the volcano give them the stuff that would make them happy.

Thanks for reading this, and I hope it hasn't been suggested before.

or it could be found in a book, or on a slab in an abandoned base of the cult group

sounds cool, but when I was reading the part where you explained about modding where the armor is worn, I could only imagine a dwarf charging into battle with iron boots on his hands

Why don't you just mod it in? (or get someone to mod it in)

It wouldn't be hard, just make a new reaction that makes steel from Taconite.

this is the suggestions forum. Sure, a mod would suffice, but this forum is for discussing ideas that should be added by Toady.

it contains its own flux

huh. That could make it a valuable resource.