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I used a written tutorial on a random blog site as a starting point, but outside of setting up my embark and starting basic industries, I didn't overly rely on it. I played by ear once I had the interface down.

And no, I don't think the Interface is the only thing you need to learn. You can pick up the rest from the Wiki, but a well done tutorial can lay out a proper starting fort that doesn't have issues outside of Dwarven insanity.

If the Beast shows up on the Units screen, you should be able to use c on it to locate it automatically.

That would also depend on what's happening in the outside world. If that Goblin civ is getting crushed, you'll see fewer of them come at you.

While that's the best solution for those who don't want to mod the raws, the results are subpar compared to just adding GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS, since you'll have an overwhelming number of vermin corpses to dispose of.

So for now create squads of one so they slowly train in weapons and discipline, and sic them on wildlife when you think they're willing to fight.

Quote from: Urist McVoyager on July 16, 2014, 10:49:54 am

If you can work fluid logic well enough to figure out timers, we might be able to use a living enemy to scare the kids. Just gotta time it so the enemy's only exposed in short, regulated bursts that don't keep the kids from taking care of themselves.

I'm not into dwarven mechanics, but we could just put the enemy behind a window and drawbridge, link the bridge to a lever and expose the child until it's hungry or thirsty and order a dwarf to close the bridge. Needs a lot of micromanagement, though.

See, the game already has a lot of micromanagement without adding childcare to the mix. The construction of a fluid logic timer would add micromanagement while it was underway, but afterwards it would minimize the remaining management to occasionally replacing the monster being used if they escape, and to replacing the subjects when they die or age out. I have no problem with people bulling through it with added micromanagement, I just think if we had a standardized clock to run things for us, it would be even more viable as a regular feature of fortresses.

Soooo . . . we're Goa'uld? Awesome! I shall make entire civilizations fall in submission to my might and serve me well. Or, you know, just continue in Fortress mode taking care of hordes of dwarves in ways that DON'T cause mass harm. I love Fortress mode too much to go running around in Adventure until it's possible to run a Fortress as mayor instead of unseen God. Hell, to start a Fortress as a founding member and run it from within a dwarf.