Dwarf Fortress > DF Suggestions

Notification on completion of tasks

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Anvilsmith:
The player can currently "S"uspend or "R"epeat workshop tasks or move them up and down the workshop's queue. It would be nice if another option were available for them, a "N"otify option. When a workshop task set to "N"otify would be completed, a notification would be displayed, and the screen would be centered on the workshop in question. Construction tasks would also benefit from a similar option, as would trade depot tasks.

This would make it easier for players to keep tabs on important tasks throughout a large fortress. Instead of pausing to check on whether that lazy broker finally got to the depot or that construction project halfway across the fort was complete, players would be conveniently notified of these things by the game itself. The "n"otify option would also be of use when a set of tasks needed to be performed in strict succession (which is often the case when trying to set up a complex mechanical contraption).

Tylui:
It might be more difficult for the end-user(AKA more micromanagement), but it'd be a hell-of-a-lot easier to implement, in my opinion, if the notifications were managed via the [j]obs menu.

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