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[Dekon]

I have no idea if this is possible, as I don't really play adventure mode, but to ask -

Can you play adventure mode, then start a fortress in the same world?  If so, if you start a site where your adventurer was, will effects of adventure mode appear there?

Basically, I'm asking this - If I were to start a world as an adventurer, find a spot where I'd later like to have a fortress, and leave items/things in that spot, could I then start a fortress on that spot and have the things I left there as an adventurer?

[Sirbug]

You can start both modes in the same world, but you need to end your game to start a new one. You can retire your character to come back later, but you can only do it in the towns, so you can't build a fortress around him.

I can't answer the rest of your questions. Why don't you try and find out?

[BlackFlyme]

If you leave items in a location in Adventure Mode, then later embark upon that location, they should still be there. I've done it a few times.

Though sometimes the items may scatter from where they were left, or take a bit of damage for no discernible reason.

It may be best to leave the items at a notable location, such as a lair or a cave, just to be on the safe side. I'm not sure what would happen to items left randomly in the wilderness. Plus lairs and such are just easier to find on the map than an unmarked location.

[Garath]

there is usually also less item scatter in a lair. Make sure it is really a beast lair and not just a notable place where bandits camp or some sort

[s20dan]

Using DFHack and Advfort you can certainly do this and more.
 It lets you build a site in adventure mode and swap between fort and adventure modes, controlling any of your dwarves. Also it will prevent the item scatter problem.
 I was able to create a fort full of immortal necromancers and artifact necromancer/magic slabs.

 Advfort is so under-rated

[Dekon]

I've never tried AdvFort, and it doesn't appear to be in the LazyNewbPack.  Is it easy to use?  Is it compatible with existing worlds?

[FrankMcFuzz]

I found a camp of bandits once in adventure mode and they killed me. Then the site was was highlighted and shown on the map in fort mode, so I embarked there. Then I had a bunch of friendly human bandits :3 So yes to the things you said.

[BlackFlyme]

I've never tried AdvFort, and it doesn't appear to be in the LazyNewbPack.  Is it easy to use?  Is it compatible with existing worlds?

The command is 'gui/advfort', I believe. I'm fairly certain that it's in the LNP.

There's a bit of a curve to it, but it's mostly straightforward. There shouldn't be compatibility issues.

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Make sure you build in sites such as lairs. Towns may not work. If you build in a non-site area, everything will deconstruct once you leave and come back.

You may want to set a keybind for it, as it will get annoying having to re-type the command into DFHack over and over. Just open up dfhack.init in your main Dwarf Fortress folder and add this:

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keybinding add Ctrl-X@dungeonmode gui/advfort
This way you can press ctrl-x while in-game to start using advfort.

The way it works is that you are able to do jobs like a dwarf in a fort would. You cycle through jobs, with the current job being listed in the top left of your screen. To do a job, either hold alt and move to the location you want to do the job at (ie: to do a job to your right, press alt-right or alt-6 on the numpad). To do a job right where you are standing, press 5 on your numpad.

Jobs will be halted for the same reasons they would be in Fort Mode. If your character is not working, it's because they are hungry or thirsty. If they are too tired they will simply drop to the ground and sleep. Unlike dwarves, wildlife will not make you stop doing your job.

Some jobs require tools. Wood-cutting requires any type of axe (battle axe, great axe, or halberd. Even a training axe will do. Butcher knives will not, even though they use the axe skill, since they are tools and not weapons.). Both mining and engraving require a pick-axe. Not sure why engraving does, but it does. The hardest thing I've had to find out is how to carve ramps and stairs above and below my position. To do this, use the look key to aim at the space you want to work on, then press enter.