Aethernet posted:

Apparently there's a bug in the current version where goblins can't find their way round mountains. It's meant to be fixed in the next version. I'd settle next to a tower if you want sieges for now.

MANGOSTEEN CURES P posted:

If you have a single tile of sand anywhere on the map, quality serrated glass discs are so valuable it's practically cheating. Valuable to you as well as in terms of dwarfbucks, 10 of those per weapon trap is no joke.

Pharnakes posted:

I have an entire layer full of sand, I shall become the number one glass shuriken manufacturer in all dwarfdom then.

PublicOpinion posted:

You may not actually need to irrigate, but if you do my method for getting rid of water was evaporation. Water at 1/7 evaporates, so I fill a cistern with water, seal it from the source, and then drain that into the farming area that is about seven times larger than the cistern.

Pharnakes posted:

It is currently winter and I have taken advantage of the frozen ice to dig out some chambers which comunicate with the river ia a tunnel 1 wide. This is on the same z level as the river bed,, the river itself is one z level deep so I have dug stairs in the ice down to the river bed then dug sideways into the bank to hollow out my farming spaces. Once the thaw comes this should then flood I think

MANGOSTEEN CURES P posted:

If you have a single tile of sand anywhere on the map, quality serrated glass discs are so valuable it's practically cheating. Valuable to you as well as in terms of dwarfbucks, 10 of those per weapon trap is no joke.

StrangeAeon posted:

When I last made some Green Glass serrated discs, they didn't show up on my weapon trap selection.

M_Gargantua posted:

Congratulations in advance on drowning everyone! (possibly)

Good thinking, wrong answer. Water will fill to its maximum height in parallel z levels. So you won't have a trickle of water from the river filling your farm, you'll have about 30 seconds as river water floods in and fills the room and everything it can worm its way into.

A floodgate is a really good idea to prevent this, just work fast before the ice thaws!

In the future he's how I recommend doing it

code:

River level:
~ = Water, # = Wall, X = flood gate

~~##########
~~##########
~~#X -> To farm
~~##########
~~##########

Dig out your farm and setup a flood gate against the one remaining wall tile between it and the river. This prevents your dwarf from trapping himself on the wrong side of the gate. Set up a lever and link it to the flood gate. Then come in from above and channel ([d], [h]) the flood above the remaining wall section, this will remove that piece of floor and the wall between the water and the flood gate at no risk to your miner.

Then cycle the flood gate open/closed briefly, adjust the time you have it open such that a small wave of water washes slowly over your farm and evaporates in a puddle in the corner.

scamtank posted:

dfhack status

Angela Christine posted:

Personally I prefer at least 2 floodgates between my cistern and any infinite water source. Preferably with the levers in separate rooms on separate levels of the fort -- if that sounds like overkill you've never had a gremlin.

scamtank posted:

dfhack status

Tiler Kiwi posted:

I like having a sort of mantrap like setup where there's a filling room in the middle of two floodgates that are operated by the same lever but with opposite open/close status so there can never be an unending flood.

Tiler Kiwi posted:

I like having a sort of mantrap like setup where there's a filling room in the middle of two floodgates that are operated by the same lever but with opposite open/close status so there can never be an unending flood.

M_Gargantua posted:

Did Toady change it from levers being on/off and applying that state to a piece of equipment to levers toggling state of equipment?

It used to be when a lever was flipped it would go from "closed" to "open" and "open" would be sent to all mechanisms, regardless of previous state.

Pharnakes posted:

E:E: I have a mechanic making mechanisms, and rather than use the plentiful slate right beside him he is traveling to use gneiss, is slate unsuitable for making mechanisms? I can't see how given that I have made mudstone mechanisms without issue. I specified the orders via j > m > q, and just asked for "rock" mechanisms, so I can't see that it could ahve been a specific order somehow.

E:E:E: he isn't even taking the closest gneiss, he's wandering half way across the fort for it, the dumbass.

ninjewtsu posted:

doors can only be placed next to walls, floodgates can be free standing

Excelzior posted:

won't any liquid just path around a freestanding floodgate

skasion posted:

You could build a bunch of floodgates next to each other in order to get a sluice more than two tiles wide.

Pharnakes posted:

E:E: I have a mechanic making mechanisms, and rather than use the plentiful slate right beside him he is traveling to use gneiss, is slate unsuitable for making mechanisms? I can't see how given that I have made mudstone mechanisms without issue. I specified the orders via j > m > q, and just asked for "rock" mechanisms, so I can't see that it could ahve been a specific order somehow.

E:E:E: he isn't even taking the closest gneiss, he's wandering half way across the fort for it, the dumbass.

reignonyourparade posted:

That's more for if you have a three wide water pipe. Doors can't be placed in the middle square, floodgates can.

Baloogan posted:

Zombie #246 posted:

Tarn cancels speech - fey mood

Obviously this means he's going to steal the chairs there and produce an update

Pharnakes posted:

I started a new site in the end, not having any metal was just getting too tedious. My new fort is on an island, which I believe means that the only threats I need to worry about are the really fun ones. If the entrance to my fort is only 1 wide, can the large creatures still get in to it? I know trade carts need at least 3x1 to be able to path, what about a titan or other such monstrosity?


Also, RE dealing with untrappable things, I know a cave in will kill anything, but as I understand it it might destroy the body and any equipment it might have, there by preventing me from eating, smelting or using its skull as a house, which would sadden me. If I instead casue the cave in underneath it and drop it into a big pit, will it then leave all its earthly remains intact? I know in the cave in I have caused dwarfs have died but never disappeared entirely.

Pharnakes posted:

I started a new site in the end, not having any metal was just getting too tedious. My new fort is on an island, which I believe means that the only threats I need to worry about are the really fun ones. If the entrance to my fort is only 1 wide, can the large creatures still get in to it? I know trade carts need at least 3x1 to be able to path, what about a titan or other such monstrosity?


Also, RE dealing with untrappable things, I know a cave in will kill anything, but as I understand it it might destroy the body and any equipment it might have, there by preventing me from eating, smelting or using its skull as a house, which would sadden me. If I instead casue the cave in underneath it and drop it into a big pit, will it then leave all its earthly remains intact? I know in the cave in I have caused dwarfs have died but never disappeared entirely.

Pharnakes posted:

I'm pretty sure I embarked to a temperate, not arctic island, but the sea is still frozen here in the winter. Does that mean I could receive visits, friendly or otherwise apart from the dwarf caravan?

Dongattack posted:

I'm trying to make separate stockpiles for meat, eggs, drinks, plants and etc, but the dwarves refuse to put anything into them. If i make a general food stockpile with just p - f tho they store food there just fine. Any ideas what could be causing this? I can't see any obvious errors. I'm using the latest Lasy New Pack.

Also kinda related, how do i make a stockpile for ONLY prepared meals? Do i have to painstakingly handpick all variants of prepared food in the list, or is there a quicker way?