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Quote from: da_nang on March 04, 2017, 06:15:19 am

Quote from: Shonai_Dweller on March 04, 2017, 02:00:46 am

Quote from: bloop_bleep on March 04, 2017, 01:24:05 am

A little too late, but I think DFHack command "fix/loyaltycascade" fixes loyalty cascades, according to the wiki.

Also, I don't think DF crashes with weapon traps, but that might be just me. Man, I know it's so sophisticated and all, and that Toady needs sleep, but sometimes I wish DF could be more stable when it comes to things like creatures jumping through fortifications.

Df seems to crash when weapons in weapon traps break after wearing out, so it won't happen right away.

So any suggestions for what kind of traps to use that won't crash the game? (Sans cage traps, since I still want a fight.)

Can't go wrong with upright spikes linked to levers on endless repeat. Failing that, stone traps loaded with, say, cinnabar ought to do a number on invaders.

Do upright spikes not experience wear/cause crashes?

In other news the local bear population has a bit of an alcohol problem:

A toggleable magma curtain/door.

Unexpectedly functional trick: if you want to automine a lot of veins out near a wall you don't want you dwarves to breach, use markers on ore/gem only along the whole wall first, and then set the nearby vines to automine--when they automine a tile next to the markers it won't be designated.

So I've gone to all the effort of building a giant tower shell just to recast my fortress from obsidian and it turns out that it seems that when I dig through it, the floor/stairs/ramp left behind is the layer material of that tile, not obsidian--is there any way around this or am I doomed to having fucking disgusting sand floors in the grand entrance to my fort?

Of course, I could construct obsidian block in their place, but then I couldn't engrave it.

Could it possibly speed up the repetitions of a spiked corridor by linking multiple levers to it, so that it's not limited by one dwarf getting a job assignment and then the next one etc? Or would they break something/is that not even possible?

It would need to be cast obsidian, ofc.

In fortress mode dual wielding doesn't really work. You are FAR better off just giving them one weapon that they preferably have skill in plus a shield. In fortress mode choice weapons include battle axes, picks, and hammers. If you can get a hold of them, trade out hammers for morning stars. If you live somewhere infested with large fleshy threats with vulnerable organs consider spears as well. Edged weapons become much less effective when made of low quality metal and by unskilled hands with the notable exception of the above mentioned morning stars.

The real trick is anything+crutch

A large number of my dwarves have accrued infections in various body parts over the last howevermany sieges, but whenever they feel sick enough to go to the hospital they stand up immediately after diagnosis and the infection remains--are they at any risk from these infections before they get serious? Is there any way to make my medical dwarves actually treat them?