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DF Gameplay Questions / How to produce adamantine clothes?
« on: August 26, 2017, 11:55:08 am »
In a clothier shop I can queue an order to make clothes out of Cloth, Silk or Yarn.

After choosing the desired item (trousers/socks/etc), you can specify the material to use under (d)etails. However, I can not find "adamantine" anywhere as an option. And if I specify nothing, my clothier will fetch a pig tail cloth from far away, rather than use an adamantine cloth from a stock next to the shop.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Any way to salvage this?
« on: August 19, 2017, 01:36:18 am »
I embarked on a cold site with an aquifer just below the surface. In winter I was channeling out a channel for fortress defense, when disaster struck. I hit the aquifer and both of my miners fell down the channel they just dug, the water instantly froze, the dwarves were encased in ice and they died. They carried my only pickaxes.

So now it is summer again and the corpses are visibile, together with the pickaxes, in 7/7 water. But my dwarves apparently can't fish them out. I tried building a screw pump, but there is not enough space. And I can't make more space without a pickaxe. I also have no access to any stone, although I do have lots of wood.

What now? Any way out of this mess?

And another question: why did my dwarves fall down their own channel - is there a way to prevent that from happening? According to the wiki it should not be possible, I'm confused about how it happened.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / How can I get my dwarves to make out?
« on: August 14, 2017, 04:46:27 pm »
So I have this fort going with population cap 7: five girls and two boys. A few years in, the female leader, Sodel Konosshis, says she personally values romance, but she is still calling Thikut Endokegath, the Brewer/Cook, a "friend". If asked about Sarvesh Ustuthalis the miner, she says she is "on friendly terms" with him.  :-\
And as the years go by, not only is my fortress failing to grow, but worse, I see Sodel slowly sinking into a depression. No luxury furnishment can offer consolation.
(I did assign one of the other dwarfgirls the custom profession of "gelder", hope this has nothing to do with it.)

The mission is clear: hot steamy dwarf love. My tavern clearly isn't cosy enough for them. I am thinking of building a ridiculously large new one with all brass floors, walls, tables and chairs, and lots of golden statues. If that doesn't bring a dwarf in the mood, I don't know what will. Ideas?

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / How should I have dealt with this?
« on: August 14, 2017, 01:12:39 am »
My last fort went down because the first trader caravan that arrived had a diplomat with a were curse, who went berserk in my dining hall. I gave up as soon as I noticed what was going on..

So.. how do I prevent this from happening in the future? The only practical defense I can think of against this kind of attack is walling in and never allowing traders into the fortress again. Was this extreme bad luck?

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Forced to talk to someone annoying.
« on: April 18, 2012, 03:59:22 pm »
Just a funny detail I noticed. I don't have the foggiest idea what social skills do.. In one fort I gave all my starting dwarves the "conversationalist" skill to cozy the place up a bit. Later I noticed that all my immigrants had "been forced to talk to someone annoying lately". :P Awesome.

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DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Bolt materials
« on: April 18, 2012, 02:33:22 pm »
There are so many materials that you can make weapons and armor from.. which are the best commonly found materials for crossbow bolts? I have lead in this fortress - does weight improve effectiveness?

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